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Fouani JM, Scala M, Zaffaroni-Caorsi V, Verrastro V, Anfora G, Mazzoni V. Author Correction: The post-diapause vibrational behavior, motility, and survival of the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Stål) adults at different temperatures. Sci Rep 2024; 14:3228. [PMID: 38331997 PMCID: PMC10853239 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53466-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Jalal M Fouani
- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, 38010, San Michele All'Adige, Italy.
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, 38010, San Michele All'Adige, Italy
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, 38010, San Michele All'Adige, Italy
- Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, 20126, Milan, Italy
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- CIHEAM Bari - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Via Ceglie 9, 70010, Valenzano, Italy
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, 38010, San Michele All'Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010, San Michele All'Adige, Italy
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Piccinno R, Tatti A, Avosani S, Galla G, Lazazzara V, Pedrazzoli F, Zadra N, Rodeghiero M, Seljak G, Özgen İ, Hauffe HC, Verrastro V, Stacconi MVR, Mazzoni V, Rota-Stabelli O. A multidisciplinary approach to tackling invasive species: barcoding, morphology, and metataxonomy of the leafhopper Arboridia adanae. Sci Rep 2024; 14:2229. [PMID: 38278818 PMCID: PMC10817979 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49410-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2024] Open
Abstract
The leafhopper genus Arboridia includes several species that feed on Vitis vinifera and cause leaf chlorosis. We report the first alien Arboridia infestation in Italy in 2021 in an Apulian vineyard. To confirm the taxonomic status of the species responsible for crop damage, and reconstruct its demographic history, we barcoded individuals from Apulia together with Arboridia spp. from Crete (Greece), A. adanae from Central Turkey and other specimens of the presumed sister species, A. dalmatina from Dalmatia (Croatia). Molecular phylogenies and barcoding gap analysis identified clades not associated with sampling locations. This result is incongruent with classical specimen assignment and is further supported by morphological analyses, which did not reveal significant differences among the populations. Therefore, we propose A. dalmatina as a junior synonym of A. adanae, which would become the only grapevine-related Arboridia species in the eastern Mediterranean. To further characterise A. adanae evolution, we performed a molecular clock analysis that suggested a radiation during the Pleistocene glaciations. Finally, to assess whether the Apulian individuals carried microorganisms of agricultural relevance, we sequenced their bacterial microbiota using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing identifying three phytopathogens not generally associated with Arboridia activities as well as Wolbachia in one Apulian haplogroup. We discuss the agricultural implications of this infestation.
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- Riccardo Piccinno
- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, San Michele All'Adige, Trento, Italy
- Plant Protection Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, San Michele All'Adige, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology "L. Spallanzani", University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, San Michele All'Adige, Trento, Italy
- Plant Protection Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, San Michele All'Adige, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy
- Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Conservation Genomics Research Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele All'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Plant Protection Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, San Michele All'Adige, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy
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- Conservation Genomics Research Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele All'Adige, Trento, Italy
- National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), S.c.a.r.l., Palermo, Italy
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, San Michele All'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Bioengineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Conservation Genomics Research Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele All'Adige, Trento, Italy
- National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), S.c.a.r.l., Palermo, Italy
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- International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) - Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
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- Plant Protection Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, San Michele All'Adige, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy
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- Plant Protection Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, San Michele All'Adige, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy.
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, San Michele All'Adige, Trento, Italy.
- Plant Protection Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, San Michele All'Adige, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy.
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Fouani JM, Scala M, Zaffaroni-Caorsi V, Verrastro V, Anfora G, Mazzoni V. The post-diapause vibrational behavior, motility, and survival of the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Stål) adults at different temperatures. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1198. [PMID: 38216589 PMCID: PMC10786867 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50480-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Substrate-borne vibrational communication is common in pentatomids. Although several works exist on the vibrational communication of Halyomorpha halys, its vibrational behavior post diapause has not been investigated. In this study, we recorded H. halys overwintered adults using laser doppler vibrometers at three temperatures: 10 °C (inactivity), 18 °C (breaking of diapause), and 25 °C (peak of mating activity). The aim was to assess the effect of temperature on the signaling, motility, and survival of H. halys. The insects were sexed into different cages and recorded separately or joined with a cage of the opposite sex. We calculated the total time spent on signaling and walking per replica. The males predominantly emitted male signal 1 (MS1) throughout the four months of recordings. The females exclusively emitted female signal 2 (FS2) when joined with the opposite sex cage the first two months of recordings. Interestingly, they also started FS2 signaling when recorded separately, after two months. No signaling was recorded at 10 °C. At 25 °C, the signaling latency time before vibrational signaling was 24 h compared to 23 days at 18 °C. The short latency time at 25 °C correlated with a higher death rate in early stages of recording. Male walking activity was significantly higher in joined cages at 18 °C and 25 °C, suggesting the increased searching behavior near the opposite sex. Overwintered H. halys could adapt to different conditions whereas low temperatures maintain the diapause which is characterized by no signaling activity. Our results provide a foundation for bioclimatic modeling of climate change effects on H. halys and insights into the use of vibrational playbacks for mass trapping and monitoring as control techniques.
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- Jalal M Fouani
- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, 38010, San Michele All'Adige, Italy.
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, 38010, San Michele All'Adige, Italy
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, 38010, San Michele All'Adige, Italy
- Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, 20126, Milano, Italy
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- CIHEAM Bari - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Via Ceglie 9, 70010, Valenzano, Italy
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, 38010, San Michele All'Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010, San Michele All'Adige, Italy
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Pekas A, Mazzoni V, Appel H, Cocroft R, Dicke M. Plant protection and biotremology: fundamental and applied aspects. Trends Plant Sci 2024; 29:32-39. [PMID: 37563025 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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There is overwhelming evidence that synthetic pesticides have a negative impact on the environment and human health, emphasizing the need for novel and sustainable methods for plant protection. A growing body of literature reports that plants interact through substrate-borne vibrations with arthropod pests and mutualistic arthropods that provide biological control and pollination services. Here, we propose a new theoretical framework that integrates insights from biological control, the ecology of fear, and plant-borne vibrations, to address plant-insect interactions and explore new, sustainable opportunities to improve plant health and productivity.
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- Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Centre, via Mach 1, S. Michele all'Adige 38010, TN, Italy
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- University of Houston, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Science & Research Building 2, 3455 Cullen Blvd, Room 342, Houston, TX 77204-5001, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, PO Box 16, NL-6700AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Falagiarda M, Carnio V, Chiesa SG, Pignalosa A, Anfora G, Angeli G, Ioriatti C, Mazzoni V, Schmidt S, Zapponi L. Factors influencing short-term parasitoid establishment and efficacy for the biological control of Halyomorpha halys with the samurai wasp Trissolcus japonicus. Pest Manag Sci 2023; 79:2397-2414. [PMID: 36811274 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Classical biological control has been identified as the most promising approach to limit the impact of the invasive pest species Halyomorpha halys (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). This study investigated the parasitism rate at sites where the biocontrol agent Trissolcus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) was released and where its unintentional introduction took place, in the Trentino-South Tyrol region. The effect of land-use composition was studied to understand which factors favor the establishment of hosts and parasitoids, including native and exotic species. RESULTS The released T. japonicus were detected a year after the start of the program, with a significant parasitoid impact and discovery, compared to control sites. Trissolcus japonicus was the most abundant H. halys parasitoid, and Trissolcus mitsukurii and Anastatus bifasciatus were recorded also. The efficacy of T. mitsukurii was lower in sites where T. japonicus was successfully established, suggesting a possible competitive interaction. Parasitism level by T. japonicus at the release sites was 12.5% in 2020 and 16.4% in 2021. The combined effect of predation and parasitization increased H. halys mortality up to 50% at the release sites. Landscape composition analysis showed that both H. halys and T. japonicus were more likely to be found at sites with lower altitude and with permanent crops, whereas other hosts and parasitoids preferred different conditions. CONCLUSION Trissolcus japonicus showed a promising impact on H. halys, at release and adventive sites, with minor nontarget effects, mediated by landscape heterogeneity. The prevalence of T. japonicus in landscapes with permanent crops could support IPM in the future. © 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Martina Falagiarda
- Institute for Plant Health, Entomology Group, Laimburg Research Centre, Auer, Bozen, Italy
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- Institute for Plant Health, Entomology Group, Laimburg Research Centre, Auer, Bozen, Italy
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bozen, Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Institute for Plant Health, Entomology Group, Laimburg Research Centre, Auer, Bozen, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
- Center for Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Institute for Plant Health, Entomology Group, Laimburg Research Centre, Auer, Bozen, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
- Institute of BioEconomy, National Research Council of Italy, S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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Roselli G, Anfora G, Suckling DM, Mazzoni V, Vanoni V, Menegotti L, Fellin L, Rossi Stacconi MV, Ioriatti C, Cristofaro M. Effects of Irradiation on Biology and Mating Behaviour of Wild Males of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Using a 6 MV Medical Linear Accelerator. Insects 2023; 14:insects14050460. [PMID: 37233089 DOI: 10.3390/insects14050460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, is a pentatomid bug of Eastern Asian origin that became an economically relevant pest in the Eurasian and American continents. Management of this species is limited to use of chemical insecticides: an inefficient method due to the strong adaptability of the target pest. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is potentially a valid tactic in the search for nontoxic alternatives. In this work, we investigated the suitability of mass-trapped overwintering males, collected during the aggregation phase before the winter diapause, for their release as competitive sterile males in an SIT programme. Differently from previous studies, irradiation was applied with a linear accelerator device that produced high-energy photons. Following a similar scientific protocol with newly emerged irradiated males, the effects of X-ray irradiation on physiological parameters (longevity, fecundity and fertility) were assessed. In addition, behavioural bioassays were carried out in no-choice conditions to evaluate if irradiation interferes with mating processes. The results are very encouraging; the effects of the irradiation at 32 Gy did not differ from the controls in the longevity or fecundity of the exposed overwintering adults. The hatching rate of the eggs laid by the fertile females that had mated with the irradiated males was less than 5%. The results of behavioural bioassays showed that the irradiation did not cause a significant impact on the quality of the sterile males. More research is warranted to evaluate the mating competitiveness of sterile males in semi-field and field conditions.
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- Gerardo Roselli
- Center Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, 38098 San Michele all'Adige, Italy
- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38098 San Michele all'Adige, Italy
- Biotechnology and Biological Control Agency (BBCA Onlus), 00123 Rome, Italy
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- Center Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, 38098 San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38098 San Michele all'Adige, Italy
- Formerly The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd., Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- Formerly School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1072, New Zealand
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38098 San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari, 38122 Trento, Italy
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- Center Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, 38098 San Michele all'Adige, Italy
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38098 San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38098 San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Biotechnology and Biological Control Agency (BBCA Onlus), 00123 Rome, Italy
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Peccerillo C, Mainardi CE, Nieri R, Fouani JM, Cemmi A, Cristofaro M, Anfora G, Mazzoni V. The Effect of the Sterile Insect Technique on Vibrational Communication: The Case of Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Insects 2023; 14:353. [PMID: 37103168 PMCID: PMC10142036 DOI: 10.3390/insects14040353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The painted bug, Bagrada hilaris, is an agricultural pest in its original areas (Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East), and it has recently been recorded as an invasive species in southwestern part of the US, Chile, Mexico, and two islands in the Mediterranean basin. Its polyphagous diet causes severe damage to economically important crops. The control of this pest is primarily achieved by means of synthetic pesticides, which are often expensive, ineffective, and harmful to the ecosystem. Recent physiological bioassays to assess its potential control through the sterile insect technique demonstrated that mating between untreated females and males irradiated at doses of 64 and 100 Gy, respectively, resulted in 90% and 100% sterility of the eggs produced by the females. In this study, the mating abilities of virgin males irradiated at 60 and 100 Gy with virgin females were measured through a study of short-range courtship mediated by vibrational communication. The results indicate that males irradiated at 100 Gy emit signals with lower peak frequencies, mate significantly less than unirradiated males do, and do not surpass the early stages of courtship. Conversely, males irradiated at 60 Gy present vibrational signal frequencies that are comparable to those of the control and successfully mated males. Our findings suggest that B. hilaris individuals irradiated at 60 Gy are good candidates for the control of this species, given that they retain sexual competitiveness regardless of their sterility, through an area-wide program that incorporates the sterile insect technique.
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- Chiara Peccerillo
- Center of Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (C.P.)
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- Biotechnology and Biological Control Agency (BBCA) Onlus, Via Angelo Signorelli 105, 00123 Rome, Italy
- Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Center of Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (C.P.)
- Department of Mathematics, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy
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- Center of Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (C.P.)
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Italy
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- Biotechnology and Biological Control Agency (BBCA) Onlus, Via Angelo Signorelli 105, 00123 Rome, Italy
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- Center of Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (C.P.)
- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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Dalmaso G, Ioriatti C, Gualandri V, Zapponi L, Mazzoni V, Mori N, Baldessari M. Orientus ishidae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): Biology, Direct Damage and Preliminary Studies on Apple Proliferation Infection in Apple Orchard. Insects 2023; 14:246. [PMID: 36975931 PMCID: PMC10057507 DOI: 10.3390/insects14030246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
The mosaic leafhopper, Orientus ishidae (Matsumura), is an Asian species widespread in Europe that can cause leaf damage in wild trees and transmit disease phytoplasmas to grapevines. Following an O. ishidae outbreak reported in 2019 in an apple orchard in northern Italy, the biology and damage caused by this species to apples were investigated during 2020 and 2021. Our studies included observations on the O. ishidae life cycle, leaf symptoms associated to its trophic activity, and its capability to acquire "Candidatus Phytoplasma mali," a causal agent of Apple Proliferation (AP). The results indicate that O. ishidae can complete the life cycle on apple trees. Nymphs emerged between May and June, and adults were present from early July to late October, with the peak of flight between July and early August. Semi-field observations allowed for an accurate description of leaf symptoms that appeared as a distinct yellowing after a one-day exposure. In field experiments, 23% of the leaves were found damaged. In addition, 16-18% of the collected leafhoppers were found carrying AP phytoplasma. We conclude that O. ishidae has the potential to be a new apple tree pest. However, further studies are required to better understand the economic impact of the infestations.
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- Giovanni Dalmaso
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona, Italy
- Centre for Technology Transfer, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Centre for Technology Transfer, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Centre for Technology Transfer, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of BioEconomy, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Centre for Technology Transfer, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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Akassou I, Zapponi L, Verrastro V, Ciolli M, Mazzoni V. Extending the vibroscape to agroecosystems: investigating the influence of abiotic factors and monitoring insect vibrational signaling. PeerJ 2022; 10:e14143. [PMID: 36415862 PMCID: PMC9676016 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Environmental conditions are crucial factors that influence communication systems and affect animal behavior. Research in the field of biotremology has improved our understanding of insect behavior, ecology, and evolution. However, the interactions between vibrational signaling and environmental factors are less studied, mainly because of technical issues faced in field trials. We therefore developed and tested an approach to investigate the effect of abiotic factors on insect vibrational signaling and explored its implementation as a monitoring tool for insect vibrational signals, using a vineyard as an agroecosystem model. Our results showed a significant decrease in insect signaling activity during unsuitable conditions of high temperature and wind velocity. We determined for the first time, the daily signaling pattern of the two insect pests, Scaphoideus titanus and Halyomorpha halys, in natural conditions. Biotremology techniques could be profitably used to monitor not only the presence of target pest species but also the biodiversity associated with vibrational signaling insects. In particular, the method implemented in this study could be used as a tool to compare the quality of cultivated areas under different management systems.
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- Imane Akassou
- DICAM Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy,Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
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- CIHEAM–IAMB—International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Bari, Italy
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- DICAM Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy,C3A Centre Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
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Berardo A, Fattoruso V, Mazzoni V, Pugno NM. Coupling computational vibrational models and experimental biotremology to develop a green pest control strategy against the greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum. J R Soc Interface 2022; 19:20220311. [PMID: 36285437 PMCID: PMC9597177 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In applied biotremology, vibrational signals or cues are exploited to manipulate the target species behaviour. To develop an efficient pest control strategy, other than a detailed investigation into the pest biology and behaviour, the role of the substrate used to transmit the signal is an important feature to be considered, since it may affect vibrations spreading and effective signal transmission and perception. Therefore, we used a multi-disciplinary approach to develop a control technique against the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum. First, an ad hoc vibrational disruptive noise has been developed, based on the acquired knowledge about the mating behaviour and vibrational communication of the mated species. Subsequently, we employed finite-element models to investigate a growing tomato plant response to the aforesaid noise. Modelling how vibrations spread along the plant allowed us to set up a greenhouse experiment to assess the efficacy in terms of insect population of the vibrational treatment, which was administrated through vibrational plates. The green methodology applied in this study represents an innovative, environmentally sound alternative to the usage of synthetic pesticides.
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- Alice Berardo
- Laboratory for Bioinspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials & Mechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38123 Trento, Italy
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- C3A Centro Agricoltura, Alimenti e Ambiente, University of Trento, 38122 Trento, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Laboratory for Bioinspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials & Mechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38123 Trento, Italy
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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Avosani S, Ciolli M, Verrastro V, Mazzoni V. Application of vibrational signals to study and manipulate an insect vector: the case of Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae). Pest Manag Sci 2022; 78:4061-4071. [PMID: 35647732 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Vibrational stimuli can support pest management as they provide environmentally friendly methods to manipulate insect pest behaviors. Different vibrational stimuli were used to study and influence the behavior of the meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius, the European vector of Xylella fastidiosa. In playback experiments, we tested the reactions of the spittlebug toward the male calling signals (test 1) and the male-male signal (test 2). In test 3, we evaluated the use of conspecific signals and noises to repel insects/disrupt mating. RESULTS Test 1 provided new insights regarding the role of the male calling signal in intraspecific communication, in particular that this signal likely does not underlie aggregation or aggression toward conspecifics. Test 2 demonstrated that the male-male signal is used by males to express distress when physically interacting, whilst, when played back into a host plant, it has not any repellent effect on the spittlebug. Test 3A suggested that males exploit short silence gaps to localize the signaling partner, while test 3B showed that a continuous noise with a specific frequency range successfully disrupt mating, as only one male out of 20 localized the female on the plant. CONCLUSION Playbacks obtained from prerecorded P. spumarius' signals were successfully used to accomplish ethological studies; even so, this approach did not show a real potential to be used as a control strategy. However, noises designed to mask the spittlebug signals significantly disrupted species mating and could integrate other techniques aimed at reducing the spread of X. fastidiosa after appropriate implementation. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Sabina Avosani
- Organic department, International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies - Institute of Bari (CIHEAM-Bari), Valenzano, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
- C3A, Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Organic department, International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies - Institute of Bari (CIHEAM-Bari), Valenzano, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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Cristofaro M, Sforza RFH, Roselli G, Paolini A, Cemmi A, Musmeci S, Anfora G, Mazzoni V, Grodowitz M. Effects of Gamma Irradiation on the Fecundity, Fertility, and Longevity of the Invasive Stink Bug Pest Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Insects 2022; 13:insects13090787. [PMID: 36135488 PMCID: PMC9503131 DOI: 10.3390/insects13090787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris, is an invasive insect pest in the family Brassicaceae that causes economically important damage to crops. It was originally present in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and was reported as invasive in the southwestern part of the US, in Chile, and on a few islands in the Mediterranean Basin. In its native range, B. hilaris is controlled by several egg parasitoid species that are under consideration as potential biological control agents. This research evaluated the impact of gamma irradiation on life history parameters, e.g., the fecundity, fertility, and longevity of B. hilaris, as a critical step towards assessing the feasibility of using the sterile insect technique against this recent invasive pest. Newly emerged adults of a laboratory colony originally collected from the island of Pantelleria (Italy) were gamma-irradiated. Life history parameters were evaluated at nine different doses, ranging from 16 Gy to 140 Gy. The minimal dose to approach full sterility was 100 Gy. Irradiation up to a maximum of 140 Gy apparently did not negatively impact the longevity of the adults. Even if both genders are sensitive to irradiation, the decline in fecundity for irradiated females could be exploited to release irradiated males safely to apply the SIT in combination with classical biological control. The data presented here allow us to consider, for the first time, the irradiation of bagrada adults as a suitable and feasible technique that could contribute to guaranteeing a safe approach to control this important pest species in agro-ecosystems. More research is warranted on the competitive fitness of irradiated males to better understand mating behavior as well as elucidate the possible mechanisms of sperm selection by polyandric B. hilaris females.
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- Massimo Cristofaro
- Biotechnology and Biological Control Agency (BBCA) Onlus, Via Angelo Signorelli 105, 00123 Rome, Italy
- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- European Biological Control Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, (EBCL USDA-ARS), 810 Avenue du Campus Agropolis, 34980 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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- Biotechnology and Biological Control Agency (BBCA) Onlus, Via Angelo Signorelli 105, 00123 Rome, Italy
- Technology Transfer Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Biotechnology and Biological Control Agency (BBCA) Onlus, Via Angelo Signorelli 105, 00123 Rome, Italy
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Italy
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
- Center of Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- European Biological Control Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, (EBCL USDA-ARS), 810 Avenue du Campus Agropolis, 34980 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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Zaffaroni-Caorsi V, Nieri R, Pugno NM, Mazzoni V. Effect of vibrational mating disruption on flight activity and oviposition to control the grapevine pest, Scaphoideustitanus. Arthropod Struct Dev 2022; 69:101173. [PMID: 35636340 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2022.101173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The increasing demand for safe and sustainably produced food is leading to the development of strategies of pest control alternative to chemicals. One innovative method is Vibrational Mating Disruption (VMD) to disrupt insect communication in plants. VMD was proven effective in preventing mating of the grapevine pest Scaphoideus titanus, vector of flavescence dorée. However, the stress induced by VMD on the target species has the potential to influence other crucial aspects of the insect biology and ethology. Therefore, the goal of this study was to understand side effects of VMD on the flight activity and oviposition of S. titanus. The results of our experiments conducted in the greenhouse showed that in the presence of a receptive female, males fly more if exposed to vibrations than in the silent control but not differently from singles males in silence. Surprisingly, we found that also females subjected to VMD fly more than in the silence. Regarding oviposition, we found that mated females exposed to vibrations and single females (unmated) laid significantly fewer eggs than mated females in silence. In conclusion, this study shows the potential of VMD to interfere, besides with mating, with other important biological aspects of the pest species.
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- Laboratory of Bioinspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials & Mechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, I-38123, Trento, Italy
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- Laboratory of Bioinspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials & Mechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, I-38123, Trento, Italy; School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Edmund Mach, 1, 38098, San Michele All'Adige, Italy
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Scala M, Fouani JM, Zapponi L, Mazzoni V, Wells KE, Biondi A, Baser N, Verrastro V, Anfora G. Attraction of Egg Parasitoids Trissolcus mitsukurii and Trissolcus japonicus to the Chemical Cues of Halyomorpha halys and Nezara viridula. Insects 2022; 13:insects13050439. [PMID: 35621775 PMCID: PMC9147438 DOI: 10.3390/insects13050439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Simple Summary When an alien species reaches a new environment, the natural enemies present in that habitat might fail to regulate its population as they might not be host-adapted. Hence, the best solution might be the use of alien biological control agents that are co-evolved with the exotic pest in question. This is the case of Halyomorpha halys, which is native to Asia and has recently invaded Europe and the Americas. Trissolcus japonicus and Trissolcus mitsukurii are among its main parasitoids. Adventive populations of the latter were found in Northern Italy, suggesting its employment within augmentative biological control. Homologous programs with T. japonicus are already ongoing in Italy. This procedure implies releasing the parasitoid to increase its population and spread to new areas invaded by H. halys. However, a fundamental aspect that must be investigated is the risk-assessment beforehand, i.e., the systematic process of identifying the hazard associated with such a procedure. In this context, the preference of T. japonicus and T. mitsukurii between two stinkbugs was evaluated in this study. We found that T. japonicus preferred the naturally released traces of H. halys while T. mitsukurii exhibited a higher preference for the natural and synthetic chemical cues of N. viridula. Abstract Trissolcus mitsukurii and Trissolcus japonicus are two Asian egg parasitoids associated with different pentatomids such as Halyomorpha halys. Adventive populations of T. mitsukurii were found in Northern Italy, suggesting its employment as a biological control agent (BCA) against H. halys. Nevertheless, to reduce the latter’s population, T. japonicus was released in Italy. Releasing an exotic parasitoid requires investigating the interaction between the BCA and the environment to avoid negative impacts on the entomofauna of the new habitat. Trissolcus mitsukurii is mainly associated with Nezara viridula in its native area. Therefore, we investigated and compared the ability of female T. mitsukurii and T. japonicus to distinguish between naturally released cues of H. halys and N. viridula. A single parasitoid was exposed to contact kairomones of both pests to evaluate its modifications in orthokinetic and locomotory behaviour. The behaviour of female T. mitsukurii was also tested on synthetic compounds simulating the cues of the two pentatomids. When naturally released cues were used, T. japonicus preferred the traces of H. halys, while T. mitsukurii preferred N. viridula’s cues. Moreover, the attraction of T. mitsukurii to N. viridula’s cues was confirmed with synthetic cues. Additional studies are needed to judge if this parasitoid can be used as a BCA.
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- Marica Scala
- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, Via E. Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (J.M.F.); (G.A.)
- Correspondence:
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, Via E. Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (J.M.F.); (G.A.)
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (L.Z.); (V.M.); (K.E.W.)
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (L.Z.); (V.M.); (K.E.W.)
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (L.Z.); (V.M.); (K.E.W.)
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy; (A.B.)
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- Department of Mediterranean Organic Agriculture, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari), Via Ceglie 9, 70010 Valenzano, Italy; (N.B.); (V.V.)
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- Department of Mediterranean Organic Agriculture, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari), Via Ceglie 9, 70010 Valenzano, Italy; (N.B.); (V.V.)
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, Via E. Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (J.M.F.); (G.A.)
- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (L.Z.); (V.M.); (K.E.W.)
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Caorsi V, Cornara D, Wells KE, Moser D, Berardo A, Miselli R, Torriani M, Pugno NM, Tasin M, Maistrello L, Mazzoni V. Design of ideal vibrational signals for stinkbug male attraction through vibrotaxis experiments. Pest Manag Sci 2021; 77:5498-5508. [PMID: 34357680 PMCID: PMC9292951 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Many groups of insects utilize substrate-borne vibrations for intraspecific communication. This characteristic makes them a suitable model for exploring the use of vibrations as a tool for pest control as an alternative to the use of chemicals. Detailed knowledge of species communication is a prerequisite to select the best signals to use. This study explored the use of substrate-borne vibrations for pest control of the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys Stål (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). For this purpose, we first identified the spectral and temporal characteristics that best elicit male responsiveness. Bioassays were conducted with artificial signals that mimicked the natural female calling signal. Second, we used the acquired knowledge to synthesize new signals endowed with different degrees of attractiveness in single- and two-choice bioassays using a wooden custom-made T stand. RESULTS The results from this study showed that males were attracted to female signals along a high range of amplitudes, especially starting from a threshold of 100 μm s-1 , a high pulse repetition time (1 s) and frequency peak corresponding to the first harmonic (76 Hz). This resulted in an "optimal" signal for use to attract males, while the choice test in the T arena showed that this signal elicits searching behavior and attracts BMSB males towards a stimulation point. CONCLUSION We confirm the use of vibrational signals as a strong tool for behavioral manipulation of male BMSB and suggest its possible use in the development of field traps and further management of this pest. © 2021 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Valentina Caorsi
- Research and Innovation CentreFondazione Edmund MachSan Michele all'AdigeItaly
- C3A Centro Agricoltura, Alimenti e AmbienteUniversity of TrentoTrentoItaly
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- International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies – Institute of Bari (CIHEAM‐Bari)ValenzanoItaly
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and ManagementUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCAUSA
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- Research and Innovation CentreFondazione Edmund MachSan Michele all'AdigeItaly
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- Department of Chemical SciencesUniversity of PaduaPaduaItaly
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- Laboratory of Bio‐Inspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials & Mechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of TrentoTrentoItaly
- Present address:
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural EngineeringUniversity of PadovaPaduaItaly
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- Department of Life SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
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- Department of Life SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
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- Laboratory of Bio‐Inspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials & Mechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of TrentoTrentoItaly
- School of Engineering and Materials ScienceQueen Mary University of LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Chemical SciencesUniversity of PaduaPaduaItaly
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- Department of Life SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
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- Research and Innovation CentreFondazione Edmund MachSan Michele all'AdigeItaly
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Akassou I, Avosani S, Caorsi V, Verrastro V, Ciolli M, Mazzoni V. Intrasexual Vibrational Behavior of Philaenus spumarius in Semi-Field Conditions. Insects 2021; 12:584. [PMID: 34203353 PMCID: PMC8306748 DOI: 10.3390/insects12070584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Insects that communicate by vibrational signals live in a complex interactive network of communication. Most studies on insect intrasexual behavior, based on plant-borne vibrational signals, have targeted few individuals. Despite their importance, behaviors that occur within groups were often overlooked. The study of multiple individuals, when insects occur in high density could simulate the environment in which they live and provide more reliable information on their behavior. In semi-field conditions, we investigated the intrasexual behavior of the meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius. Vibrational signals exchanged among individuals of the same sex were recorded throughout their adult stage, from late spring to early autumn, and during the day, from the morning to the evening using a laser vibrometer. Males were less active than females throughout the season and their interactions were less frequent compared to females. Intrasexual interactions were characterized by signal overlapping in both unisex groups, in addition to signal alternating only in the case of males. In conclusion, the study of signaling behavior in intrasexual groups contributed to a better understanding of P. spumarius social behavior. We discuss the hypothesis of a possible competitive behavior between males and cooperative behavior between females.
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- Imane Akassou
- DICAM Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38123 Trento, Italy; (S.A.); (M.C.)
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (V.C.); (V.M.)
- CIHEAM—IAMB International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Via Ceglie 9, 70010 Bari, Italy;
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- DICAM Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38123 Trento, Italy; (S.A.); (M.C.)
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (V.C.); (V.M.)
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (V.C.); (V.M.)
- C3A, Centre Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- CIHEAM—IAMB International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Via Ceglie 9, 70010 Bari, Italy;
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- DICAM Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38123 Trento, Italy; (S.A.); (M.C.)
- C3A, Centre Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (V.C.); (V.M.)
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Fattoruso V, Anfora G, Mazzoni V. Vibrational communication and mating behavior of the greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Sci Rep 2021; 11:6543. [PMID: 33753797 PMCID: PMC7985380 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85904-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
The greenhouse whitefly (GW), Trialeurodes vaporariorum is considered one of the most harmful insect pests in greenhouses worldwide. The GW mating behavior has been partially investigated and its vibrational communication is only in part known. A deeper knowledge of its intraspecific communication is required to evaluate the applicability of control methods based on techniques of behavioral manipulation. In this study, for the first time, we provided a detailed ethogram of the GW mating behavior and we characterized the vibrational signals emitted during the process of pair formation. We characterized two types of male vibrational emissions ("chirp" and "pulses"), differently arranged according to the behavioral stage to form stage-specific signals, and a previously undescribed Male Rivalry Signal. We recorded and characterized two new female signals: The Female Responding Signal and the Female Rejective Signal. The mating behavior of GW can be divided into six different stages that we named "call", "alternated duet", "courtship", "overlapped duet", "mating", "failed mating attempt". The analysis performed with the Markovian behavioral transition matrix showed that the "courtship" is the key stage in which male exhibits its quality and can lead to the "overlapped duet" stage. The latter is strictly associated to the female acceptance and therefore it plays a crucial role to achieve mating success. Based on our findings, we consider the use of vibrational playbacks interfering with GW mating communication a promising option for pest control in greenhouses. We discuss the possibility to start a research program of behavioral manipulation to control the populations of GW.
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- Valeria Fattoruso
- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, Via E. Mach 1, 38010, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy.
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy.
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, Via E. Mach 1, 38010, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy
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Masoni A, Frizzi F, Nieri R, Casacci LP, Mazzoni V, Turillazzi S, Santini G. Ants modulate stridulatory signals depending on the behavioural context. Sci Rep 2021; 11:5933. [PMID: 33723279 PMCID: PMC7970987 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84925-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Insect societies require an effective communication system to coordinate members' activities. Although eusocial species primarily use chemical communication to convey information to conspecifics, there is increasing evidence suggesting that vibroacoustic communication plays a significant role in the behavioural contexts of colony life. In this study, we sought to determine whether stridulation can convey information in ant societies. We tested three main hypotheses using the Mediterranean ant Crematogaster scutellaris: (i) stridulation informs about the emitter'caste; (ii) workers can modulate stridulation based on specific needs, such as communicating the profitability of a food resource, or (iii) behavioural contexts. We recorded the stridulations of individuals from the three castes, restrained on a substrate, and the signals emitted by foragers workers feeding on honey drops of various sizes. Signals emitted by workers and sexuates were quantitatively and qualitatively distinct as was stridulation emitted by workers on different honey drops. Comparing across the experimental setups, we demonstrated that signals emitted in different contexts (restraining vs feeding) differed in emission patterns as well as certain parameters (dominant frequency, amplitude, duration of chirp). Our findings suggest that vibrational signaling represents a flexible communication channel paralleling the well-known chemical communication system.
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- A. Masoni
- grid.8404.80000 0004 1757 2304Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- grid.8404.80000 0004 1757 2304Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- grid.8404.80000 0004 1757 2304Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy ,grid.424414.30000 0004 1755 6224Research and Innovation Center, Sustainable Ecosystems and Bioresources, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele All’Adige, Italy
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- grid.7605.40000 0001 2336 6580Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Turin University, Turin, Italy ,grid.413454.30000 0001 1958 0162Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- grid.424414.30000 0004 1755 6224Research and Innovation Center, Sustainable Ecosystems and Bioresources, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele All’Adige, Italy
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- grid.8404.80000 0004 1757 2304Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- grid.8404.80000 0004 1757 2304Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Ðurović G, Alawamleh A, Carlin S, Maddalena G, Guzzon R, Mazzoni V, Dalton DT, Walton VM, Suckling DM, Butler RC, Angeli S, De Cristofaro A, Anfora G. Liquid Baits with Oenococcus oeni Increase Captures of Drosophila suzukii. Insects 2021; 12:insects12010066. [PMID: 33450937 PMCID: PMC7828427 DOI: 10.3390/insects12010066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Simple Summary Among the challenges arising from climate change and the transformation of agroecosystems is that agricultural production is heavily affected by invasive insect species. Invasive insects can establish in new areas where their development can progress due to a suitable climate and lack of natural enemies. Farmers have few options to mitigate those insects’ attacks. Current control tactics using pesticides must be replaced with more sustainable methods to counter invasive insect species. We approached the control of the invasive spotted-wing drosophila Drosophila suzukii, using a baiting system that manipulates insect behavior without use of toxic or non-sustainable chemicals. The results of our work are utilized for the monitoring and mass trapping of this devastating invasive species. In our innovative smart-design trap system, we use odors that attract flies and decrease damage in open field scenarios. Our trapping system can efficiently detect the first spring arrival of D. suzukii in agricultural fields and as a such, represents a good early monitoring tool. We conducted four years of laboratory and open-field trials in different berry crops. As a source of odor attraction, we used a mixture of wine, apple cider vinegar, and different commercially available strains of lactic acid bacteria. Abstract The spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae), native to Eastern Asia, is an invasive alien species in Europe and the Americas, where it is a severe pest of horticultural crops, including soft fruits and wine grapes. The conventional approach to controlling infestations of SWD involves the use of insecticides, but the frequency of application for population management is undesirable. Consequently, alternative strategies are urgently needed. Effective and improved trapping is important as an early risk detection tool. This study aimed to improve Droskidrink® (DD), a commercially available attractant for SWD. We focused on the chemical and behavioral effects of adding the bacterium Oenococcus oeni (Garvie) to DD and used a new trap design to enhance the effects of attractive lures. We demonstrate that microbial volatile compounds produced by O. oeni are responsible for the increase in the attractiveness of the bait and could be later utilized for the development of a better trapping system. Our results showed that the attractiveness of DD was increased up to two-fold by the addition of commercially available O. oeni when combined with an innovative trap design. The new trap-bait combination increased the number of male and especially female catches at low population densities.
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- Gordana Ðurović
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (G.Ð.); (S.C.); (V.M.); (G.A.)
- Biobest Group NV, Ilse Velden, 2260 Westerlo, Belgium;
- Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy;
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- Biobest Group NV, Ilse Velden, 2260 Westerlo, Belgium;
- Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy;
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (G.Ð.); (S.C.); (V.M.); (G.A.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy;
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (R.G.); (D.M.S.)
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (G.Ð.); (S.C.); (V.M.); (G.A.)
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- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, 4017 Ag and Life Sciences Bldg., Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; (D.T.D.); (V.M.W.)
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- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, 4017 Ag and Life Sciences Bldg., Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; (D.T.D.); (V.M.W.)
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (R.G.); (D.M.S.)
- Biosecurity Group, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, PB 4704, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand;
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- Biosecurity Group, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, PB 4704, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand;
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Piazza Università 5, 39100 Bozen-Bolzano, Italy;
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- Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy;
- Correspondence:
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (G.Ð.); (S.C.); (V.M.); (G.A.)
- Centre Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, 38100 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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Oppedisano T, Polajnar J, Kostanjšek R, De Cristofaro A, Ioriatti C, Virant-Doberlet M, Mazzoni V. Substrate-Borne Vibrational Communication in the Vector of Apple Proliferation Disease Cacopsylla picta (Hemiptera: Psyllidae). J Econ Entomol 2020; 113:596-603. [PMID: 31822899 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toz328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Cacopsylla picta (Förster, 1848) (Hemiptera: Pysllidae) is the main vector of apple proliferation, a phytoplasma-caused disease. It represents one of the most severe problems in apple orchards, and therefore, there is a mandatory requirement to chemically treat against this pest in the European Union. Sexual communication using substrate-borne vibrations was demonstrated in several psyllid species. Here, we report the characteristics of the vibrational signals emitted by C. picta during courtship behavior. The pair formation process can be divided into two main phases: identification and courtship. Females initiate the communication on the host plant by emitting trains of vibrational pulses and, during courtship, if males reply, by emitting a signal consisting of a series of pre-pulses and a 'buzz', a duet is established. Moreover, a scanning electron microscopy investigation showed the presence of a stridulatory structure on the thorax and wings of both sexes, whereas the video recordings elucidated associated wing movement. The results provide new information about the biology of this phytoplasma vector and could form a basis of an environmentally friendly pest management strategy.
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- Tiziana Oppedisano
- Technology Transfer Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
- Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, Via Francesco De Sanctis snc, Campobasso, Italy
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- Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, National Institute of Biology, Večna pot, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, Via Francesco De Sanctis snc, Campobasso, Italy
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- Technology Transfer Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, National Institute of Biology, Večna pot, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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Suckling DM, Mazzoni V, Roselli G, Levy MC, Ioriatti C, Stringer LD, Zeni V, Deromedi M, Anfora G. Trapping Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs: "The Nazgȗl" Lure and Kill Nets. Insects 2019; 10:insects10120433. [PMID: 31801306 PMCID: PMC6955730 DOI: 10.3390/insects10120433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Improvements to current brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys, surveillance and killing systems are needed to improve detection sensitivity and to reduce pesticide use. Detection of BMSB in New Zealand with traps is reliant on sticky panels with aggregation pheromone, which are low cost but inefficient compared with beating foliage. Trapping for BMSB adults and nymphs was conducted daily with lethal traps consisting of an aggregation pheromone-baited-coat hanger covered with dark-colored long-lasting insecticide-treated mesh, we termed “The Nazgȗl”, based on its sinister appearance. A deep tray lined with white plastic was attached centrally at the base for collecting the dead BMSB. The lethal traps killed and caught up to 3.5-fold more nymphs and adult BMSB than identically-baited sticky panels in the 3 weeks of deployment, and provided a snapshot of phenology by instar. We expect that lure-and-kill stations could contribute to the suppression of a delimited population and could be included as part of a semiochemical-based eradication program. Attracting and killing females and nymphs, thus removing future offspring, could contribute to population suppression during an eradication.
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- David Maxwell Suckling
- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (G.R.); (C.I.)
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd., PB 4704, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand;
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1072, New Zealand
- Correspondence:
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (V.M.); (V.Z.); (M.D.); (G.A.)
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (G.R.); (C.I.)
- Biological and Biotechnical Control Agency, 00123 Rome, Italy
- Center of Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (G.R.); (C.I.)
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd., PB 4704, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand;
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (V.M.); (V.Z.); (M.D.); (G.A.)
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (V.M.); (V.Z.); (M.D.); (G.A.)
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy; (V.M.); (V.Z.); (M.D.); (G.A.)
- Center of Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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Suckling DM, Levy MC, Roselli G, Mazzoni V, Ioriatti C, Deromedi M, Cristofaro M, Anfora G. Live Traps for Adult Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs. Insects 2019; 10:insects10110376. [PMID: 31671778 PMCID: PMC6921074 DOI: 10.3390/insects10110376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Revised: 10/13/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Surveillance for detection of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, is reliant on sticky panels with aggregation pheromone, which are low cost, but very inefficient (est. 3%). Trapping for adults was conducted in Italy with novel live (or lethal) traps consisting of aggregation pheromone-baited cylinders with a wind vane, with the upwind end covered by mesh and the downwind end sealed by a removable entry-only mesh cone, admitting the attracted bugs. The novel traps caught up to 15-times more adult H. halys than identically-baited sticky panels in two weeks of daily checking (n = 6 replicates) (the new live traps were, in Run 1, 5-, 9-, 15-, 13-, 4-, 12-, 2-fold; and in Run 2, 7-, 1-, 3-, 7-, 6-, 6-, and 5-fold better than sticky traps, daily). The maximum catch of the new traps was 96 live adults in one trap in 24 h and the average improvement was ~7-fold compared with sticky panels. The rotating live traps, which exploit a mesh funnel facing the plume downwind that proved useful for collecting adults, could also be used to kill bugs. We expect that commercially-available traps could replace the crude prototypes we constructed quickly from local materials, at low cost, as long as the principles of a suitable plume structure were observed, as we discuss. The traps could be useful for the sterile insect technique, supporting rearing colonies, or to kill bugs.
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- David Maxwell Suckling
- Technology Transfer Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy.
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd., PB 4704 Christchurch, New Zealand.
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, 1072 Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Technology Transfer Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy.
- Biotechnology and Biological Control Agency, 00123 Rome, Italy.
- Center of Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, I-38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy.
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy.
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- Technology Transfer Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy.
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy.
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- Biotechnology and Biological Control Agency, 00123 Rome, Italy.
- National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development (ENEA), 00123 Rome, Italy.
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- Center of Agriculture, Food and Environment (C3A), University of Trento, I-38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy.
- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, I-38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy.
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Nieri R, Mazzoni V. Vibrational mating disruption of Empoasca vitis by natural or artificial disturbance noises. Pest Manag Sci 2019; 75:1065-1073. [PMID: 30242955 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The green leafhopper, Empoasca vitis, is a polyphagous pest of grapevine and tea plants. To date population density is controlled primarily by insecticides and there is a demand for more sustainable controls. To develop a vibrational mating disruption method, the natural occurrence of a 'disruptive signal' was investigated. Further, the efficacy of natural and artificial 'disruptive signals' was determined. RESULTS With behavioral trials we described male rivalry and recorded a species-specific disruptive signal (DP). The DP, a single pulse overlapping the competitor male call, interfered with the rival's ability to locate the female. Laboratory playback disruption trials revealed that the pair formation process was prevented by artificial disturbance noises that included the following features: E. vitis DP, Scaphoideus titanus disturbance noise, and a pure tone (250 Hz). Among these, the pure tone was most efficient at preventing mating. CONCLUSION Results support development of a vibrational mating disruption method as a control strategy for E. vitis. To simultaneously disrupt the mating of E. vitis and S. titanus, the possibility of applying the S. titanus disturbance noise combined with the pure tone is discussed. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Rachele Nieri
- Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Center, Sustainable ecosystems and bioresources, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Center, Sustainable ecosystems and bioresources, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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Pepiciello I, Cini A, Nieri R, Mazzoni V, Cervo R. Adult-larval vibrational communication in paper wasps: the role of abdominal wagging in Polistes dominula. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 221:jeb.186247. [PMID: 30158130 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.186247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Communication through vibrational signals is widespread among social insects and regulates crucial social activities. Females of the social wasp Polistes dominula produce substrate-borne vibrations on the combs by performing a conspicuous abdominal oscillatory behavior, known as abdominal wagging. Several studies have reported correlative evidence in support of its signaling role, but direct evidence is still lacking. Because abdominal wagging is strictly associated with the presence of larvae in the nest and with cell inspection, it has been suggested that it could be involved in adult-larvae communication. According to this hypothesis, abdominal wagging vibrations would have short-term effects related to food and trophallactic exchanges between adults and larvae by modulating salivary secretion (decreasing its amount, to prepare larvae to receive food, or stimulating the release of larval saliva to adults). Here, by using an electro-magnetic shaker, we assessed, for the first time, the short-term effects of abdominal wagging on larval behavior by recording larval responses and by measuring the amount of saliva released immediately after abdominal wagging playback. Our results show that larvae are able to perceive the substrate-borne vibrations produced by abdominal wagging and react by increasing the movement of their body, possibly in order to attract the attention of adult females during feeding nest inspection. Yet, we found that vibrations neither increase nor decrease the release of larval saliva. Our results support the hypothesis of the alleged role of vibrations in adult-larvae communications; however, they do not support the long-lasting hypothesis of salivary release modulation.
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- Irene Pepiciello
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy .,Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy.,Department of Sustainable Ecosystems and Bioresources, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, I-38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Department of Sustainable Ecosystems and Bioresources, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, I-38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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Nieri R, Mazzoni V. The reproductive strategy and the vibrational duet of the leafhopper Empoasca vitis. Insect Sci 2018; 25:869-882. [PMID: 28296131 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The recent description of a new vibrational mating disruption method to control the leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball opened questions about its possible application to other leafhopper pests. Since the prerequisite for the method's successful application is a deep knowledge of the species mating behavior and the exact role of associated signals, we conducted behavioral assays on the green leafhopper Empoasca vitis Göthe, a pest of grapevine and other crops in Europe and Asia. Laser vibrometer recordings of single and paired individuals (male and female) during a 24-h period enabled us to detect and describe 2 male and 1 female signal. The pair formation starts when the female replies to a male call and a duet is established, then it continues through 2 different behavioral stages: Location and Courtship. The proper courtship begins only when the male locates the female. The latter is characterized by a significant change in temporal parameters that regards both the signals and the duet structure. Although the male calling activity and the female replying rate were the same during the 24 h, a lower number of matings was recorded during the night. We discuss the possible role of vision and of the species ecology as factors of reproductive success and mating strategy. Our conclusion is that the mechanical mating disruption technique seems feasible for future application to this species.
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- Rachele Nieri
- Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Center, San Michele all'Adige, Trentino, Italy
- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Center, San Michele all'Adige, Trentino, Italy
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Ioriatti C, Guzzon R, Anfora G, Ghidoni F, Mazzoni V, Villegas TR, Dalton DT, Walton VM. Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Contributes to the Development of Sour Rot in Grape. J Econ Entomol 2018; 111:283-292. [PMID: 29202199 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tox292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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This research aimed to more clearly describe the interactions of Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura; Diptera: Drosophilidae) with microorganisms that may contribute to spoilage or quality loss of wine grapes during harvest. Experiments were conducted in controlled laboratory experiments and under field conditions to determine these effects. Laboratory trials determined the role of insect contact and oviposition to vector spoilage bacteria onto wine grapes. In the field, the roles of key organoleptic parameters in grape fruit ripening were assessed to determine their relative contribution to oviposition potential as fruit ripened. Finally, field trials determined the relationships of egg and larval infestation to sour rot levels. Non-ovipositional trials indicated elevated levels of microbiota when D. suzukii was present. D. suzukii oviposition exponentially increased the concentration of acetic acid bacteria. Both incised and sound berries showed a significant increase in concentrations of acetic acid bacteria exposed to D. suzukii. Volatile acidity was higher in treatments infested with D. suzukii. Fruit with only eggs did not develop a significant increase of volatile acidity. Larva-infested grape berries in 9.5% of samples developed higher volatile acidity after 14 d. Sound grape berries were less susceptible to the development of microbiota associated with sour rot and spoilage. D. suzukii oviposition and larval development increase risk of spoilage bacteria vectored by D. suzukii adults. Acetic acid bacteria induced fermentation and produced several volatile compounds contributing to spoilage. Spoilage bacteria may create a positive feedback loop that attracts both D. suzukii and other drosophilids, which may contribute to additional spoilage.
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- Claudio Ioriatti
- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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Mazzoni V, Gordon SD, Nieri R, Krugner R. Design of a candidate vibrational signal for mating disruption against the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis. Pest Manag Sci 2017; 73:2328-2333. [PMID: 28523722 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS), Homalodisca vitripennis, is an important pest of grapevines due to its ability to transmit Xylella fastidiosa, the causal agent of Pierce's disease. GWSS mating communication is based on vibrational signals; therefore, vibrational mating disruption could be an alternative to insecticides for suppression of the GWSS population. Our objectives were to identify spectral features of the female signal that elicit male signaling, design disruptive signals able to alter male perception and acceptance of a female, and determine the signal intensity required for future field applications. RESULTS Male responses to playback of modified female signals were significantly reduced by 60-75% when part of the female signal spectral components above or below 400 Hz were deleted. Playback bioassays showed that transmission of an 80 Hz pure frequency tone to plants completely suppressed male signaling to female signal playback, even if the disruptive signal amplitude was 10 dB lower than the female signal playback. CONCLUSION Although the mechanism underlying cessation of male signaling activity in the presence of disruption is not yet understood, results suggest that an 80 Hz vibrational signal should be tested in laboratory and field experiments to assess its efficacy in disrupting mating of GWSS. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Valerio Mazzoni
- Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources Department, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, (TN), Italy
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Parlier, CA, USA
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- Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources Department, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, (TN), Italy
- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, (FI), Italy
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Parlier, CA, USA
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Lòpez-Fernàndez S, Mazzoni V, Pedrazzoli F, Pertot I, Campisano A. A Phloem-Feeding Insect Transfers Bacterial Endophytic Communities between Grapevine Plants. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:834. [PMID: 28555131 PMCID: PMC5430944 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Bacterial endophytes colonize the inner tissues of host plants through the roots or through discontinuities on the plant surface, including wounds and stomata. Little is known regarding a possible role of insects in acquiring and transmitting non-phytopathogenic microorganisms from plant to plant, especially those endophytes that are beneficial symbionts providing plant protection properties and homeostatic stability to the host. To understand the ecological role of insects in the transmission of endophytic bacteria, we used freshly hatched nymphs of the American sap-feeding leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus (vector) to transfer microorganisms across grapevine plants. After contact with the vector, sink plants were colonized by a complex endophytic community dominated by Proteobacteria, highly similar to that present in source plants. A similar bacterial community, but with a higher ratio of Firmicutes, was found on S. titanus. Insects feeding only on sink plants transferred an entirely different bacterial community dominated by Actinobacteria, where Mycobacterium sp., played a major role. Despite the fact that insects dwelled mostly on plant stems, the bacterial communities in plant roots resembled more closely those inside and on insects, when compared to those of above-ground plant organs. We prove here the potential of insect vectors to transfer entire endophytic bacterial communities between plants. We also describe the role of plants and bacterial endophytes in establishing microbial communities in plant-feeding insects.
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- Sebastiàn Lòpez-Fernàndez
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund MachSan Michele all'Adige, Italy
- Infection Biology Department, Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig, Germany
- Department Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection ResearchBraunschweig, Germany
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund MachSan Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund MachSan Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund MachSan Michele all'Adige, Italy
- Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of TrentoTrento, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund MachSan Michele all'Adige, Italy
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Ben Moussa IE, Mazzoni V, Valentini F, Yaseen T, Lorusso D, Speranza S, Digiaro M, Varvaro L, Krugner R, D'Onghia AM. Seasonal Fluctuations of Sap-Feeding Insect Species Infected by Xylella fastidiosa in Apulian Olive Groves of Southern Italy. J Econ Entomol 2016; 109:1512-1518. [PMID: 27401111 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tow123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A study on seasonal abundance of Auchenorrhyncha species and their infectivity by Xylella fastidiosa in the Apulia region of Italy was conducted to identify ideal periods for monitoring and adoption of potential control measures against insect vectors. Adult populations of Auchenorrhyncha species were monitored monthly over a 2-yr period from five olive groves. A total of 15 species were captured, identified, and tested for presence of X. fastidiosa by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). For three species, Philaenus spumarius L., Neophilaenus campestris (Fallèn), and Euscelis lineolatus Brullé, positive reactions to X. fastidiosa were obtained, on average, in 16.3, 15.9 and 18.4% of adult insects, respectively. Philaneous spumarius was the dominant species (39.8% of total Auchenorrhyncha captured) with the highest adult abundance in summer months. Adult P. spumarius and N. campestris were first detected between March and May in both years, and all insects tested during these periods (year 1: n = 42, year 2: n = 132) gave negative reactions to X. fastidiosa by PCR. Similarly, first adults of E. lineolatus that appeared from October to November (year 1: n = 20, year 2: n = 15) tested negative for presence of X. fastidiosa Given the lack of transstadial and transovarial transmission of X. fastidiosa and considering that P. spumarius is univoltine, control measures against nymphal stages of P. spumarius should be investigated as means of population suppression to reduce spread of X. fastidiosa in olive groves.
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- Issam Eddine Ben Moussa
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie per l'Agricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e l'Energia (DAFNE), Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy (; ; ), CIHEAM - Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, Valenzano (BA), Italy (; ; ; ; )
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- Centro di Ricerca e Innovazione, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- CIHEAM - Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, Valenzano (BA), Italy (; ; ; ; )
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- CIHEAM - Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, Valenzano (BA), Italy (; ; ; ; )
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- CIHEAM - Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, Valenzano (BA), Italy (; ; ; ; )
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie per l'Agricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e l'Energia (DAFNE), Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy (; ; )
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- CIHEAM - Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, Valenzano (BA), Italy (; ; ; ; )
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie per l'Agricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e l'Energia (DAFNE), Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy (; ; )
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, 9611 South Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648 , and
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- CIHEAM - Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, Valenzano (BA), Italy (; ; ; ; ),
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Ioriatti C, Walton V, Dalton D, Anfora G, Grassi A, Maistri S, Mazzoni V. Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and its Potential Impact to Wine Grapes During Harvest in Two Cool Climate Wine Grape Production Regions. J Econ Entomol 2015; 108:1148-55. [PMID: 26470240 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) is a global pest attacking various berry crops. D. suzukii lays eggs in damaged and in intact wine grape berries of the most soft-skinned varieties. Here, we describe the relative host utilization of different wine grape cultivars grown in Northern Italy and Oregon. Assessments of host berry utilization were performed in both field and laboratory settings. Results were correlated to physiological changes occurring during grape berry development starting at véraison and concluding during harvest. We found that oviposition increased with an increase in sugar content and a decrease of acidity levels. Oviposition increased with a decrease of penetration force. Penetration force, as a measure of skin hardness, is a critical component of host selection among the D. suzukii-exposed cultivars. We demonstrated that incised berries are more favorable for D. suzukii oviposition and as a nutrient substrate. Increased presence on wine grapes, as indicated by egg laying and increased longevity, was observed for flies that were exposed to incised berries as opposed to fully intact berries. D. suzukii flies can be found feeding on damaged wine grapes during the harvest period, especially when the skins of berries are negatively impacted due to cracking, disease, hail injury, and bird damage. Such an increase of feeding and oviposition may increase the likelihood of spoilage bacteria vectoring due to D. suzukii.
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- C Ioriatti
- Technology Transfer Centre and Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Edmund Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy.
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- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, 4017 Ag and Life Sciences Bldg. Corvallis, OR 97331-7304
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- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, 4017 Ag and Life Sciences Bldg. Corvallis, OR 97331-7304
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- Technology Transfer Centre and Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Edmund Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre and Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Edmund Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre and Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Edmund Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre and Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Edmund Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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Mazzoni V, Polajnar J, Virant-Doberlet M. Secondary spectral components of substrate-borne vibrational signals affect male preference. Behav Processes 2015; 115:53-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2015.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Polajnar J, Eriksson A, Lucchi A, Anfora G, Virant-Doberlet M, Mazzoni V. Manipulating behaviour with substrate-borne vibrations--potential for insect pest control. Pest Manag Sci 2015; 71:15-23. [PMID: 24962656 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Revised: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This review presents an overview of the potential use of substrate-borne vibrations for the purpose of achieving insect pest control in the context of integrated pest management. Although the importance of mechanical vibrations in the life of insects has been fairly well established, the effect of substrate-borne vibrations has historically been understudied, in contrast to sound sensu stricto. Consequently, the idea of using substrate-borne vibrations for pest control is still in its infancy. This review therefore focuses on the theoretical background, using it to highlight potential applications in a field environment, and lists the few preliminary studies that have been or are being performed. Conceptual similarities to the use of sound, as well as limitations inherent in this approach, are also noted.
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- Jernej Polajnar
- Department of Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources, Fondazione Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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Polajnar J, Eriksson A, Rossi Stacconi MV, Lucchi A, Anfora G, Virant-Doberlet M, Mazzoni V. The process of pair formation mediated by substrate-borne vibrations in a small insect. Behav Processes 2014; 107:68-78. [PMID: 25101559 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 07/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The ability to identify and locate conspecifics depends on reliable transfer of information between emitter and receiver. For a majority of plant-dwelling insects communicating with substrate-borne vibrations, localization of a potential partner may be a difficult task due to their small body size and complex transmission properties of plants. In the present study, we used the leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus as a model to investigate duetting and mate searching associated with pair formation. Studying these insects on a natural substrate, we showed that the spatio-temporal structure of a vibrational duet and the perceived intensity of partner's signals influence the mating behaviour. Identification, localization and courtship stages were each characterized by a specific duet structure. In particular, the duet structure differed in synchronization between male and female pulses, which enables identification of the partner, while the switch between behavioural stages was associated with the male-perceived intensity of vibrational signals. This suggests that males obtain the information about their distance from the female and optimize their strategy accordingly. More broadly, our results show that even in insects smaller than 1cm, vibrational signals provide reliable information needed to find a mating partner.
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- Jernej Polajnar
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, San Michele all' Adige, Italy.
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, San Michele all' Adige, Italy; Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, Pisa, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, San Michele all' Adige, Italy
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- Department of Entomology, National Institute of Biology, Večna pot 111, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, San Michele all' Adige, Italy
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Mazzoni V, Eriksson A, Anfora G, Lucchi A, Virant-Doberlet M. Active Space and the Role of Amplitude in Plant-Borne Vibrational Communication. Animal Signals and Communication 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-43607-3_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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While a plethora of studies have focused on the role of visual, chemical and near-field airborne signals in courtship of Drosophila fruit flies, the existence of substrate-borne vibrational signals has been almost completely overlooked. Here we describe substrate vibrations generated during courtship in three species of the D. melanogaster group, from the allegedly mute species D. suzukii, its sister species D. biarmipes, and from D. melanogaster. In all species, we recorded several types of substrate vibrations which were generated by locomotion, abdominal vibrations and most likely through the activity of thoracic wing muscles. In D. melanogaster and D. suzukii, all substrate vibrations described in intact males were also recorded in males with amputated wings. Evidence suggests that vibrational signalling may be widespread among Drosophila species, and fruit flies may provide an ideal model to study various aspects of this widespread form of animal communication.
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- Valerio Mazzoni
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund, Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund, Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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Canale A, Benelli G, Lanzo F, Giannotti P, Mazzoni V, Lucchi A. The courtship song of fanning males in the fruit fly parasitoid Psyttalia concolor (Szépligeti) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Bull Entomol Res 2013; 103:303-309. [PMID: 23302745 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485312000715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this paper we describe acoustically the wing-fanning behaviour showed by the male of the braconid Psyttalia concolor towards females and other conspecific males. Psyttalia concolor is a synovigenic koinobiont larval-pupal endoparasitoid of many Tephritidae, used in olive crops to control the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae. In this braconid male wing fanning produces a courtship song characterised by sequences of homogenous pulses with harmonic structure and a fundamental frequency of about 180 Hz. Song parameters can vary according to the behavioural context. Statistically significant differences, both in terms of pulse frequency and duration, characterise fanning towards females in comparison with male-male approaches. Moreover, the pulse duration is associated with the fanning song displayed before a successful courtship. Our observations allowed us to define the airborne component of the sound and to definitely confirm the exclusive role of the wings in signal production within sexual communication in P. concolor.
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- A Canale
- University of Pisa, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Sect. of Entomology, via S. Michele degli Scalzi 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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Tedeschi R, Baldessari M, Mazzoni V, Trona F, Angeli G. Population dynamics of Cacopsylla melanoneura (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in northeast Italy and its role in the apple proliferation epidemiology in apple orchards. J Econ Entomol 2012; 105:322-328. [PMID: 22606799 DOI: 10.1603/ec11237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In the current study, incidence of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali' in an experimental apple orchard in northeast Italy, in addition to abundance and phytoplasma infectivity of Cacopsylla melanoneura (Förster) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) was determined and the role of this psyllid as a vector of 'Ca. P. mali' in this region was reviewed. Insect samples collected in the orchard by the beating method indicated high abundance of C. melanoneura (up to 7.92 specimens/branch); however, the psyllid C. picta was not observed. Molecular analyses revealed presence of 'Ca. P. mali' in 6.25% of overwintered psyllids. This infection rate is quite high in comparison to other localities where C. melanoneura is known as the main vector of the phytoplasma. This finding supports the assumption that C. melanoneura also is paramount in the epidemiology of the apple proliferation disease also in northeast Italy. Moreover, we correlated immigration dynamics to the temperatures registered in the apple orchard, and defined an immigration index to predict the progressive arrival of the overwintered adults from winter sites. Psyllids start to reach the apple orchards when either the average of the maximum temperature of the 7 d is above 9.5 degrees C or the immigration index has a positive value. This index will be a useful tool for the growers to prevent apple proliferation phytoplasma spread with well-timed insecticide treatments targeted against C. melanoneura. However, further research is needed to validate or adjust the index to other apple growing regions, which may affect more efficacious management of this disease and psyllid vector.
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- Rosemarie Tedeschi
- DIVAPRA-Entomologia e Zoologia applicate all'Ambiente "C. Vidano", Facoltà di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy.
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Eriksson A, Anfora G, Lucchi A, Lanzo F, Virant-Doberlet M, Mazzoni V. Exploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32954. [PMID: 22457726 PMCID: PMC3310055 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2011] [Accepted: 02/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Food production is considered to be the main source of human impact on the environment and the concerns about detrimental effects of pesticides on biodiversity and human health are likely to lead to an increasingly restricted use of chemicals in agriculture. Since the first successful field trial, pheromone based mating disruption enabled sustainable insect control, which resulted in reduced levels of pesticide use. Organic farming is one of the fastest growing segments of agriculture and with the continuously growing public concern about use of pesticides, the main remaining challenge in increasing the safety of the global food production is to identify appropriate alternative mating disruption approaches for the numerous insect pests that do not rely on chemical communication. In the present study, we show for the first time that effective mating disruption based on substrate-borne vibrational signals can be achieved in the field. When disruptive vibrational signals were applied to grapevine plants through a supporting wire, mating frequency of the leafhopper pest Scaphoideus titanus dropped to 9 % in semi-field conditions and to 4 % in a mature vineyard. The underlying mechanism of this environmentally friendly pest-control tactic is a masking of the vibrational signals used in mate recognition and location. Because vibrational communication is widespread in insects, mating disruption using substrate vibrations can transform many open field and greenhouse based farming systems.
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- Anna Eriksson
- The Istituto Agrario di San Michele all’Adige Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
- Department C.D.S.L., Section of Agricultural Entomology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- The Istituto Agrario di San Michele all’Adige Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Department C.D.S.L., Section of Agricultural Entomology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department C.D.S.L., Section of Agricultural Entomology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- The Istituto Agrario di San Michele all’Adige Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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Bertoli A, Conti B, Mazzoni V, Meini L, Pistelli L. Volatile chemical composition and bioactivity of six essential oils against the stored food insect Sitophilus zeamais Motsch. (Coleoptera Dryophthoridae). Nat Prod Res 2011; 26:2063-71. [PMID: 21861644 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2011.607453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Essential oils (EOs) of Achillea millefolium, Myrtus communis, Rosmarinus officinalis, Helichrysum italicum, Foeniculum vulgare and Lavandula angustifolia were analysed with GC-FID and GC-MS in order to define their aromatic profiles and then their toxicity and repellent activity against Sitophilus zeamais Motsch. (Coleoptera Dryophthoridae) with specific bioassays were evaluated. Results from topical applications on insects showed that all EOs had variable and significant insecticidal activity. Mortality rate never exceeded 76%. Results of repellency tests are indicated for M. communis and L. angustifolia EOs, displaying high repellent activity to S. zeamais adults.
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- Alessandra Bertoli
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno Pisano 33, Pisa, Italy
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Chuche J, Thiéry D, Mazzoni V. Do Scaphoideus titanus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) nymphs use vibrational communication? Naturwissenschaften 2011; 98:639-42. [PMID: 21656005 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0808-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2011] [Revised: 05/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Small Auchenorrhyncha use substrate-borne vibrations to communicate. Although this behaviour is well known in adult leafhoppers, so far no studies have been published on nymphs. Here we checked the occurrence of vibrational communication in Scaphoideus titanus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) nymphs as a possible explanation of their aggregative distributions on host plants. We studied possible vibratory emissions of isolated and grouped nymphs, as well as their behavioural responses to vibration stimuli that simulated presence of conspecifics, to disturbance noise, white noise and predator spiders. None of our synthetic stimuli or pre-recorded substrate vibrations from nymphs elicited specific vibration responses and only those due to grooming or mechanical contacts of the insect with the leaf were recorded. Thus, S. titanus nymphs showed to not use species-specific vibrations neither for intra- nor interspecific communication and also did not produce alarm vibrations when facing potential predators. We conclude that their aggregative behaviour is independent from a vibrational communication.
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- Julien Chuche
- Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble, Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin, Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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Eriksson A, Anfora G, Lucchi A, Virant-Doberlet M, Mazzoni V. Inter-plant vibrational communication in a leafhopper insect. PLoS One 2011; 6:e19692. [PMID: 21573131 PMCID: PMC3088713 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2011] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Vibrational communication is one of the least understood channels of communication. Most studies have focused on the role of substrate-borne signals in insect mating behavior, where a male and a female establish a stereotyped duet that enables partner recognition and localization. While the effective communication range of substrate-borne signals may be up to several meters, it is generally accepted that insect vibrational communication is limited to a continuous substrate. Until now, interplant communication in absence of physical contact between plants has never been demonstrated in a vibrational communicating insect. With a laser vibrometer we investigated transmission of natural and played back vibrational signals of a grapevine leafhopper, Scaphoideus titanus, when being transmitted between leaves of different cuttings without physical contact. Partners established a vibrational duet up to 6 cm gap width between leaves. Ablation of the antennae showed that antennal mechanoreceptors are not essential in detection of mating signals. Our results demonstrate for the first time that substrate discontinuity does not impose a limitation on communication range of vibrational signals. We also suggest that the behavioral response may depend on the signal intensity.
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- Anna Eriksson
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
- Department of Coltivazione e Difesa delle Specie Legnose, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Department of Coltivazione e Difesa delle Specie Legnose, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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Mazzoni V, Presern J, Lucchi A, Virant-Doberlet M. Reproductive strategy of the Nearctic leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Bull Entomol Res 2009; 99:401-413. [PMID: 18947453 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485308006408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Mating behaviour of Scaphoideus titanus Ball, the vector of the grapevine disease Flavescence dorée, was investigated in order to determine the role of substrate-borne vibrational signals in intra-specific communication and pair formation. Vibrational signals were recorded from grapevine leaves with a laser vibrometer. Signalling activity of single males changed throughout the day and the peak in activity was associated with twilight and early night when 'call and fly' behaviour was observed. Pair formation began with the spontaneous emission of male signals. The male calling signal consisted of a single series of pulses, partially accompanied with a 'rumble'. The male courtship phrase consisted of four consecutive sections characterized by two sound elements, pulse and 'buzz'. Female vibrational signals were emitted only in response to male signals. The female response was a single pulse that closely resembled male pulses and was inserted between pulses within the male signals. All recorded vibrational signals of S. titanus have a dominant frequency below 900 Hz. A unique feature of vibrational communication in S. titanus is well-developed intrasexual competition; males may use alternative tactics, in the form of disturbance signals, or silently approach duetting females (satellite behaviour). While the male-female duet appears to be essential for successful localization of females and copulation, it is also vulnerable to, and easily disrupted by, alternative tactics like masking.
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- Valerio Mazzoni
- University of Pisa, Department C.D.S.L., Section of Agricultural Entomology, Via S. Michele 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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Ioriatti C, Anfora G, Angeli G, Mazzoni V, Trona F. Effects of chlorantraniliprole on eggs and larvae of Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Pest Manag Sci 2009; 65:717-722. [PMID: 19291742 DOI: 10.1002/ps.1744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chlorantraniliprole is a novel insecticide belonging to the class of selective ryanodine receptor agonists. The aims of this study were to evaluate the toxicity and the length of residual activity of chlorantraniliprole against the grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller), larvae and eggs, under laboratory and field conditions. RESULTS Dose-response bioassays showed that chlorantraniliprole had a high level of toxicity to neonate larvae of L. botrana. In field trials, chlorantraniliprole applied at 35 mg AI L(-1) was as effective against the larvae as the commercial standard reference, chlorpyrifos-ethyl, and had a long-lasting effect. When applied at a field rate of 35 mg AI L(-1), chlorantraniliprole caused greater than 20% egg mortality. The toxic effect of chlorantraniliprole is completed by its substantial activity against neonates emerging from eggs. CONCLUSION Chlorantraniliprole can be considered as a useful tool for L. botrana control, providing a new standard in efficacy and an extremely good residual control. The combined effects against eggs and larvae of grapevine moth should contribute to its efficacy in the field. The new mode of action of chlorantraniliprole and its safety to beneficials and non-target organisms would be extremely useful in IPM and for managing resistance to insecticides.
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- Claudio Ioriatti
- Plant Protection Department, IASMA Research Centre, San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy.
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Mazzoni V, Ioriatti C, Trona F, Lucchi A, De Cristofaro A, Anfora G. Study on the role of olfaction in host plant detection of Scaphoideus titanus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) nymphs. J Econ Entomol 2009; 102:974-980. [PMID: 19610410 DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The American grapevine leafhopper, Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), is the vector of the phytoplasma that causes Flavescence dorée, one of the most threatening grapevine yellows disease. The role of olfaction in host plant detection of this species is still unknown. In this study, the attractiveness of a host plant, the grapevine rootstock Vitis riparia x rupestris 101/14, to nymphs was verified through behavioral bioassays in a vertical glass Y-olfactometer. Furthermore, the olfactory sensitivity to odors extracted from grapevine organs headspace and the external morphology of the antennae were studied by electroantennography (EAG) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), respectively. Headspace collections were made from fresh apical shoots and leaves. Concentrated extracts were analyzed by coupled gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to identify volatile compounds. In EAG experiments, weak responses to plant odors were recorded. SEM observations indicated the presence of few antennal sensilla, potentially associated with olfaction. Our results suggest that olfactory cues may play a role in the host plant detection of S. titanus nymphs.
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- V Mazzoni
- Plant Protection Department, IASMA Research Center, Via E. Mach 1, I-38010 San Michele a/A (TN), Italy
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Mazzoni V, Conti B. EUPTERYX DECEMNOTATA REY (HEMIPTERA CICADOMORPHA TYPHLOCYBINAE), IMPORTANT PEST OF SALVIA OFFICINALIS (LAMIACEAE). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.723.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Martins AP, Salgueiro L, Gonçalves MJ, da Cunha AP, Vila R, Cañigueral S, Mazzoni V, Tomi F, Casanova J. Essential oil composition and antimicrobial activity of three Zingiberaceae from S.Tomé e Príncipe. Planta Med 2001; 67:580-584. [PMID: 11509990 DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-16494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The essential oil composition of three Zingiberaceae widely used as medicinal aromatic plants from S. Tomé and Príncipe: Aframomum danielli (Hook. f.) K. Schum., Curcuma longa L. and Zingiber officinale Rosc. was studied. Two samples of the essential oils from fruit of A. danielli and from rhizomes of the other two species, were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC, GC-MS, and (13)C-NMR. The essential oil from fruits of A. danielli has been studied for the first time and was characterised by its high content of monoterpenes, with 1,8-cineole (25.5 - 34.4 %) the major constituent, followed by beta-pinene (14.1 - 15.2 %) and alpha-terpineol (9.9 - 12.1 %). Essential oils from the rhizomes of C. longa contained a lower content of ar-turmerone (4.0 - 12.8 %) than those reported in the literature for C. longa from other origins (24.7 - 31.4 %), whereas the results for Z. officinale essential oils were in accordance with the literature data. The essential oils of A. danielli and Z. officinale showed antimicrobial activity against all Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria tested, as well as against yeasts and filamentous fungi, using the agar diffusion method.
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Cortigiani L, Picano E, Coletta C, Chiarella F, Mathias W, Gandolfo N, De Alcantara M, Mazzoni V, Gensini GF, Landi P. Safety, feasibility, and prognostic implications of pharmacologic stress echocardiography in 1482 patients evaluated in an ambulatory setting. Am Heart J 2001; 141:621-9. [PMID: 11275930 DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.113997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The outpatient prognostic assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) by exercise electrocardiography has limitations, including the feasibility of the test and its low positive predictive value in several clinical conditions. In the current study we investigated the safety, feasibility, and prognostic value of pharmacologic stress echocardiography in a large cohort of ambulatory patients. METHODS The study group was made of 1482 ambulatory patients (969 men, aged 60 +/- 10 years) who underwent stress echocardiography with either dipyridamole (n = 846) or dobutamine (n = 636) for evaluation of suspected or known stable CAD. The pretest likelihood of CAD was intermediate (<70%) in 709 patients and high (> or =70%) in 773 patients. RESULTS There was no complication during the dipyridamole test, whereas 2 ischemia-dependent, sustained ventricular tachycardias occurred during the dobutamine test. Limiting side effects were observed in 2% of dipyridamole and in 3% of dobutamine stresses. The echocardiogram was positive in 459 patients. During a mean follow-up of 28 +/- 24 months, 58 patients died, 33 had a nonfatal myocardial infarction, and 158 underwent early (< or =3 months) and 64 late (>3 months) revascularization. Multivariate predictors of hard events (death, infarction) were positive echocardiographic results (hazard ratio [HR] 2.9) and resting wall motion score index (WMSI) (HR 2.3). In considering major events (death, infarction, late revascularization) as end points, positive echocardiographic result (HR 4.3), scar (HR 2.2), and resting WMSI (HR 1.7) were independent prognostic predictors. The 5-year survival rates for the ischemic and nonischemic groups were, respectively, 80% and 91% (HR 3.6, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.8-8.4; P <.0001) considering hard cardiac events and 65% and 88% (HR 2.6, 95% CI 2.1-5.9; P <.0001) considering major events. Multivariate predictors of major events were positive echocardiographic results (HR 8.2) and male sex (HR 2.5) for the intermediate-risk group and positive echocardiographic results (HR 2.9), resting WMSI (HR 1.8), and prior Q-wave myocardial infarction (HR 1.8) for the high-risk group. CONCLUSIONS Pharmacologic stress echocardiography is safe, highly feasible, and effective in prognostic assessment of ambulatory patients when both a general population and groups selected on the basis of pretest likelihood of CAD are analyzed. It represents a valid complementary tool to exercise electrocardiography for prognostic purposes in outpatients.
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- L Cortigiani
- Unità Operativa de Malattie Cardiovascolari, Campo di Marte Hospital, 55032 Lucca, Italy.
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Mazzoni V, Taiti A, Bartoletti A, Monopoli A, Petix NR, Bini A. The spectrum of pericardial effusion in acute myocardial infarction: an echocardiographic study. Ital Heart J 2000; 1:45-9. [PMID: 10868923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of pericardial effusion in acute myocardial infarction and the different prognosis associated with distinct patterns of pericardial effusion (anechoic/hypoechoic vs hyperechoic effusion). METHODS Five hundred eighty-five consecutive patients admitted to the Coronary Care Unit for acute myocardial infarction were initially considered. Forty of them were excluded due to a technically poor acoustic window. The remaining 545 patients were studied by two-dimensional echocardiography at admission, before discharge (after an average of 9 days in the Coronary Care Unit) and whenever there was an important change in the clinical status (chest pain, lipothymia or syncope, hemodynamic deterioration with systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg, cardiac arrest). RESULTS Pericardial effusion was found in 51 patients (9%). Three distinct textural patterns of pericardial effusion were noted on the basis of the echogenic properties: 1) anechoic or hypoechoic pericardial effusion was frequent (30 patients), mild or moderate and generally benign; 2) hyperechoic type "A" effusion pattern was rare (2 patients) and associated with fever, leukocytosis and pericardial rubs; 3) hyperechoic type "B" was frequent (19 patients), large and always associated with major complications (all cases cardiac tamponade and/or death). CONCLUSIONS Pericardial effusion is not an uncommon finding in serial echo evaluation of patients with acute myocardial infarction, especially when infarction is anterior, extensive and Q wave. Echocardiographically detected pericardial effusion shows different textural patterns with hypoanechoic effusion more frequent, limited and prognostically benign than hyperechoic effusion larger and often associated with adverse events.
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- V Mazzoni
- Division of Cardiology, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy
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Mazzoni V, Monopoli A, Nassi F, Petix NR, Taiti A, Venturi F, Bini A. [Noninvasive reperfusion tests: myth or reality?]. G Ital Cardiol 1999; 29:562-4; discussion 565-7. [PMID: 10367226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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- V Mazzoni
- Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Giuseppe, Empoli, Regione Toscana
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Santoro GM, Sciagrà R, Buonamici P, Consoli N, Mazzoni V, Zerauschek F, Bisi G, Fazzini PF. Head-to-head comparison of exercise stress testing, pharmacologic stress echocardiography, and perfusion tomography as first-line examination for chest pain in patients without history of coronary artery disease. J Nucl Cardiol 1998; 5:19-27. [PMID: 9504869 DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(98)80006-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND To overcome the relatively low accuracy of exercise stress testing (EST) in detecting coronary artery disease (CAD), both echocardiography and perfusion scintigraphy have been evaluated in conjunction with pharmacologic stress, but there is still uncertainty of the relative value of these tests as possible first-line examinations for suspected CAD. This study evaluated the accuracy of EST, dipyridamole and dobutamine stress echocardiography (DIP-ECHO, DOB-ECHO), and dipyridamole and dobutamine technetium 99m sestamibi tomography (DIP-MIBI, DOB-MIBI) for the detection of CAD in patients evaluated for the first time because of chest pain. METHODS AND RESULTS Sixty patients underwent EST, DIP-ECHO, DOB-ECHO, DIP-MIBI, and DOB-MIBI. Echocardiographic images were acquired simultaneously with sestamibi injections, and the scintigraphic images were collected 1 hour later. Coronary angiography was performed within 15 days. Out of 33 patients with significant (>70%) coronary stenoses, 19 (58%) were correctly identified by EST, 18 (55%) by DIP-ECHO, 20 (61%) by DOB-ECHO, 32 (97%) by DIP-MIBI, and 30 (91%) by DOB-MIBI (p < 0.005 for MIBI vs EST and ECHO). The specificity of EST was 67% (p < 0.05 vs ECHO and MIBI), 96%, 96%, 89%, and 81%, respectively. Of the 62 stenotic coronary arteries, 20 (32%) were correctly identified by DIP-ECHO, 24 (39%) by DOB-ECHO, 48 (77%) by DIP-MIBI, and 45 (73%) by DOB-MIBI. The sensitivity of the imaging techniques in predicting the presence of multivessel disease was 14% and 29% for DIP and DOB-ECHO compared with 48% and 57% for DIP and DOB-MIBI. CONCLUSIONS Our results confirm the limited reliability of EST in detecting CAD and the good diagnostic value of DIP and DOB-MIBI. Conversely, the lower sensitivity and the poorer capability to recognize multivessel CAD do not support the role of either DIP or DOB-ECHO as first-line examination for suspected CAD.
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- G M Santoro
- Division of Cardiology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
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