• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.44 no.4 s.141
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• pp.271-276
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• 2005

To investigate feeding behaviour of the greenpeach aphid (Myzus persicae) on several plants, DC electrical penetration graph (EPG) technique was used. We chose 5 plants including pepper, melon, cabbage, radish, and eggplant which were known as major host Plants of this species. This study was focused whether feeding patterns of the aphid were different and which plants would be the most preferable among 5 host plants. The time from initial proboscis contact with a each leaf until the first electrical contact, as a measure of the time taken for the stylet penetration, the time from electrical contact to the first potential drop as a time consumed until intracellular sampling, the number of potential drops per an hour during periods of regular intercellular pathway probing, and the time from electrical contact to tile first phloem specific pattern indicating the time taken to reach and attempt to feed upon the phloem were analysed. As a result, except the number of potential drop, there was no significant differency of feeding patterns among 5 plants. However, the feeding patterns related on host acceptability were observed more frequently from Pepper, radish, and e99r1an1 than melon and cabbage.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.62 no.4
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• pp.267-275
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• 2023

Botanical extracts are employed in management of aphids. Extracts from Tanacetum cineariaiaefolium, Derris elliptica, and Sophora flavescens are widely used to control various insects. In this study, we determined concentrations of insecticidal active ingredients in commercial botanical extracts of these plants, and we investigated the time and concentration for lethal results with the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae. The concentrations of active ingredients, pyrethrins from T. cineariaiaefolium, rotenone from D. elliptica, and matrine and oxymatrine from S. flavescens, were determined after their fractionation by liquid chromatography followed by mass analysis and comparison with standard compounds. The extracts were tested for lethality in a bioassay with green peach aphids. Sprays at defined doses were applied to tobacco leaves infested with aphid nymphs. The lethal concentrations (LC50) were 20.4 ppm for pyrethrins, 34.1 ppm for rotenone, and 29.6 ppm for matrine at 48 h after treatments. At 100 ppm application levels, the lethal time LT50 was 13.4 h for pyrethrin, 15.1 h for rotenone, and 14.4 h for matrine. Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated the lethal times for the three botanical extracts at 100 ppm were significantly faster than application of a chemical insecticide, Sulfoxaflor, applied at the recommended level. These results provide baselines to develop and formulate single or mixed preparations containing botanical extracts to control green peach aphids on commercial crops.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.26 no.3 s.72
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• pp.151-157
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• 1987

The toxicities of binary mixtures of the four insecticides acephate, demeton-S-methyl, cypermethrin and pirimicarb to the two strains of green peach aphid (Myzus persicae Sulz.) resistant to acephate and demeton-S-methyl were investigated and compared to the toxicities of their individual insecticides. The synergistic action of the insecticide mixtures to the insects were greatly varied with the kind of insecticide combinations, their mixture ratios, and the origin of resistance by an insecticide. The maximum synergistic action of acephate for the acephate resistant strain was obtained at 1:1 mixed with demeton-S-methyl. However, there were some antagonistic effects in all acephate mixtures with pirimicarb and cypermethrin. With the strain of demeton-S-methyl resistance, acephate, cypermethrin, and pirimicarb were synergized at the given mixture ratios by demeton-S-methyl. The maximum synergistic effect was observed at 2:3 with acephate, 1:1 with cypermethrin and 3:2 with pirimicarb.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.53 no.1
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• pp.21-24
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• 2010

In recent years, many agricultural scientists are studying on eco-friendly farming methods. Among of lots of the methods, the natural insecticides are highly motivated and interested due to their safety and biodegradable issues, and readily available source of bioinsecticides. In this study, the crude extract of custard apple (Annona reticulata L.) seed and its three fractions which were separated based on polarity indexes were examined for their insecticidal activities against Myzus persicae Sulzer and Nilaparvata lugens S.. The crude extract (Aceton/MeOH) showed strong insecticidal activities against both insects at 3.00 mg/mL ($LD_{50}$=0.45mg/mL for M. persicae S. and 1.42 mg/mL for N. lugens S.). Furthermore, simple fractionation with hexane, chloroform, and water lead to increase three-folds insecticidal activity on chloroform fraction ($LD_{50}$=0.13mg/mL for M. persicae S. and 1.14 mg/mL for N. lugens S.). The results suggest that A. reticulata extracts might be used to control for M. persicae effectively.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.348-358
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• 2017

The green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, is one of the most serious insect pest and a vector for a multitude of viral diseases to many crops, vegetables, ornamentals, and fruit trees in the world. A large number of aphids can reduce plant vigor and cause defoliation. Many insecticides have been developed and applied to control the green peach aphid. However, this aphid has displayed a remarkable ability to establish resistance to almost every insecticide. We treated 5 different insecticides registered for M. persicae on pepper leaves and investigated the effects of the insecticides by measuring the time it took to achieve 90% control of the aphids. Acetamiprid worked faster than any other insecticides while cyantraniliprole showed the slowest insecticidal effect. Pymetrozine, pyrifluquinazon, and spirotetramet provided 90% control within similar time. Iwol population's control value was higher than any other populations 24 hours after treatment. When five different unregistered insecticides for M. persicae were treated on pepper leaves, no insecticidal effect was found for gamma-cyhalothrin and novaluron and spinosad showed an insecticidal effect of up to 70% in Iwol population only. Although chlorfenapyr and dinotefuran were not registered for M. persicae, their insecticidal effects were found to be 90% or higher.

• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.19 no.spc
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• pp.287-290
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• 2011

Environment friendly agricultural material products (EFAMs) in current market were evaluated for their insecticidal or acaricidal activities. EFAMs were evaluated against Tetranychus urticae, Plutella xylostella, Myzus persicae and Nilaparvata lugens in spray method. Several EFAMs indicated high control value in spray method. Hatchability of T. urticae was relatively high after EFAM treatment. some materials show high insecticidal activities against P. xylostella larvae but not against eggs. Few mete rials showed more than 80% insecticidal activities against M. persicae and N. lugen. The control value of more than half the materials for pest control was lower than 60%. EFAMs containing S. flavescens, neem oil and Rape showed higher control value.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.176-184
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• 1986

A biological study was done on primary parasites and hyperparasites of green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, collected in Taejeon area during the period from April to September 1985 was. The results of mummification of primary parasites, host selectivity between primary parasites and hyperparasites, and longevity of important species were obtained as follows; 1. Among the 201 mummies collected in the field, adult primary parasites and adult hyperparasites were 38.3% and 44.3%, respectively. 2. Among the primary parasites, Lysiphlebia japonica and Trioxys hokkaidensis were most important species. 3. Among the hyperparasites, Prataphelinus nikalskajae, Eucoila sp. and Ardiles convexa were dominant species. 4. L. japonica was more parasitized by the hyperparasites than T. hokkaidensis. 5. T. hokkaidensis was higher than L. japonica in the ability of parasitism. 6. L. japonica had lived for 3 days by feeding glucose, the other foods had lived shorter than food.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.26 no.3 s.86
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• pp.407-410
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• 1998

The aphid-attacking fungus Pandora neoaphidis was collected during May and June, 1998 at various localities: two localities at Kyunggi, three at Kangwon, one at Kyungbuk and one at Chungnam Provinces. Occurrence of this fungus has never been recorded in Korea. The potential host aphids are Acyrthosiphon kondoi, Myzus persicae, Lipaphis erysimi, Sitobion avenae, Aphis rumicis, Dactynotus species and unknown species. Microscopic characters of the fungus are described and illustrated. Pandora neoaphidis studied in this study has an extremely broad range in conidial size and shape even within a single specimen. Such variable size and shape are typical characters of the fungus. During microscopic examination of specimens, the resting-spore phase was not observed.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.53 no.4
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• pp.479-483
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• 2014

The area of greenhouse horticulture has increased dramatically since the early 1990s in Korea. However, area per farmer still very small and diverse pest species occurs in greenhouse abundantly because of its protected condition. To manage pests, farmers use many pesticides frequently. Incessant and improper use of chemicals provoked pesticide resistance in pest and poisoning of farmers. In this study, we investigated the efficiencies of automatic dry fog sprayer for controlling two aphid species, Aphis gossypii and Myzus persicae, in greenhouse horticulture. When doors and side windows were completely closed in automatic dry fog sprayer treatment greenhouse, aphids were controlled similar level with conventional spraying method (percent control: 61.0~94.1%). However, when half of the doors and side windows of the greenhouse were opened, aphids were controlled poorly (percent control: 36.0~54.4%).

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.16 no.3 s.32
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• pp.139-144
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• 1977

The green peach aphid Myzus persicae(Sulzer), is known as the most important vector of potato leaf-roll virus and PVY. Yield of potato plants infested with these viruses are remarkably lower than non-infested plants. A study was conducted to investigate the life history of the green peach aphid at Suweon, Korea (Lat. $37^{\circ}$'N., Long. $126^{\circ}59$'E). The following were obtained: 1. Overwintering eggs hatched from late March to early April, with a hatching rate averaging ninety-five percent. 2. The fundatrigeniae leave the primary host(Punus persica) in early to mid May and migrate to the secondary hosts. 3. From mid to late Oct., the gymnoparae migrate from the secondary hosts to the primary hosts. 4. From early to mid Nov., gymnoparae lay fertilized eggs around buds, in bark crevices, or between bifurcated twigs of the primary hosts. 5. The early-born progeny have 23 generations and the late-born progeny have 9 generations on peach trees, potatoes and raddish from Apr. to Oct. 6. The average length of life was about 28.5 days, with a developmental period of approximate 10.8 days and a reproductive period of 15.8 days. 7. The average number of nymphs produced by a female was fifty, with a maximum number of 118. 8. The average number of nymphs produced by a female per day was about 3.2, with a maximum number of 13.