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Radioactive Cesium Contamination of Arthropods and Earthworms After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident
To understand the behavior of radioactive cesium (134Cs+137Cs) in terrestrial invertebrates, chronological changes in the concentration of radioactive Cs in arthropods from different trophic levels were investiga...
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Radioactive Contamination in Some Arthropod Species in Fukushima
To clarify the extent of radioactive contamination in a broad environment of Fukusima, in and around farming lands and residential areas, the amount of radionuclides in the Japanese grasshopper, Oxya yezoensis, t...
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Age-dependent changes in feeding preference and effects of commercial semi-synthetic diets on development of the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Mass rearing of the legume podborer Maruca vitrata (Fablicius) can be a very labor-intensive process. To improve the labor-saving method for larval raising, rearing experiments were conducted using 14 diet regime...
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Field trials of synthetic sex pheromone lures for the large cabbage-heart caterpillar moth, Crocidolomia pavonana (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Indonesia
The efficacy of synthetic female sex pheromone lures for Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in the cabbage fields of Java and Bali, Indonesia, was investigated by varying the composition a...
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Seasonal abundance of Maiestas banda (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a vector of phytoplasma, and other leafhoppers and planthoppers (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) associated with Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) in Kenya
Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach), the main fodder crop in eastern Africa, has recently been severely affected by Napier stunt disease, which is caused by phytoplasma. We have recently confirmed that a...
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Effects of mixed crop** on population densities and parasitism rates of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)
Effects of mixed crop** and barrier crops on the population density and parasitism of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), were evaluated in field plots of cabbage grown in...
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Identification of Sex Pheromone Components of the Box Tree Pyralid, Glyphodes perspectalis
Analysis of ovipositor extracts of the box tree pyralid, Glyphodes perspectalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), by coupled gas chromatography-electroantennogram detection and gas chromatography yielded three candidate ...
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Identification of Female Sex Pheromone of the Legume Pod Borer, Maruca vitrata and Antagonistic Effects of Geometrical Isomers
An EAD-active component in a female abdominal tip extract of the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) (= M. testulalis), was identified as (E,E)-10,12-hexadecadienal (E10,E12–16:Ald). In laboratory bioass...