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Selection of Indicator Insects for the Evaluation of Agricultural Environment  

Choi Young-Cheol (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology. RDA)
Park Hae-Chul (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology. RDA)
Kim Jong-Gill (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology. RDA)
Sim Ha-Sik (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology. RDA)
Kwon Oh-Seok (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology. RDA)
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Korean journal of applied entomology / v.43, no.4, 2004 , pp. 267-273 More about this Journal
Abstract
To select indicator insects, the abundance of which is one of the major criteria for the evaluation of agricultural environment, was designated and monitored in the three sites (Hongcheon A, B, and Yangpyeong) from 2001 to 2003. Characteristics of rice cultivation are usual cultivation with 2 or 3 times sprayed chemical agents per year in Hongcheon A site, duck cultivation with non-sprayed chemical agent, green manure and mowing in Hongcheon B site, and pond snail with non-sprayed chemical agent, green manure and mowing in Yangpyeong site. Dominant floral species are Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koel., Persicaria thunbergii (Siebold & Zuccarini) H. Gross, Echinochioa crus-galli (L.) Beauvois, and Humulus scandens (Lour.) Merr. in Hongcheon A site, Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koel., Persicaria thunbergii (Siebold & Zuccarini) H. Gross, and Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauvois in Hongcheon B site, and Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koel., Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv., and Persicaria langiseta (De Btuyn) Kitagawa in Yangpyeong site. Degree of green naturality (DGN) was higher in Hongcheon B site (2.0) and Yangpyeong site (3.6) than in Hongcheon A site (1.6). Number of species and individual of insects collected in the three sites were abundant on August and September. The species diversity was higher in Hongcheon B and Yangpyeong than in Hongcheon A. And Coleoptera was dominant in the all sites. The dominance index (DI) was the lowest, but diversify index (H'), evenness index (E) and richness index (RI) were the highest in Hongcheon B site. Based on three results, indicator insects for the evaluation of agricultural environment were selected as Dolichus halensis in Hongeheon A site, as Pheropsophus. javanus and Polionemobius mikado in Hongcheon B and Yangpyeong sites.
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환경평가;지표곤충;등빨간먼지벌레;남방폭탄먼지벌레;좀방울벌레;
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