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Attractiveness of Host Plant Volatiles and Sex Pheromone to the Blueberry Gall Midge (Dasineura oxycoccana) (블루베리혹파리에 대한 기주식물 휘발성 물질과 성페로몬의 유인 효과)

  • Yang, Chang Yeol;Seo, Mi Hye;Yoon, Jung Beom;Shin, Yong Seub;Choi, Byeong Ryeol
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.59 no.4
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    • pp.393-398
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    • 2020
  • The blueberry gall midge, Dasineura oxycoccana (Johnson) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), is an emerging pest on cultivated blueberries in Korea. To develop a sensitive tool for monitoring this pest in blueberry orchards, we compared the attractiveness of host plant volatiles and sex pheromone to D. oxycoccana adults. We performed gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of solid-phase microextraction (SPME)-collected volatiles that were released from blueberry ('Darrow' cultivar). The analysis revealed two major volatiles, cinnamaldehyde and cinnamyl alcohol from flowers; and three major volatiles, β-caryophyllene, germacrene D, and α-farnesene from shoots and young fruits. In field tests conducted in Gunsan, Korea in 2019, commercialized cinnamaldehyde, cinnamyl alcohol, β-caryophyllene, and α-farnesene, used singly or in quaternary combination, were unattractive to the blueberry gall midge. However, traps baited with the known sex pheromone (2R,14R)-2,14-diacetoxyheptadecane attracted significantly more males than the treatments with plant volatiles or the control. No synergistic effect was observed between sex pheromone and plant volatiles. Male D. oxycoccana were captured in the pheromone traps from May to August, with three peaks in mid-May, late June, and late July in Gunsan blueberry fields in 2020.

Studies on Ecology of Mulberry Shoot Gall Midge, Diplosis mori. Y. and the Effective Method of Control (뽕나무 순집이파리의 생태학적 연구 및 기 방제법 시험)

  • 박병희;전대약
    • Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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    • v.1
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    • pp.22-26
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    • 1960
  • Diplosis mori Yokoyama는 우리나라 함경북도를 제외한 전국에서 분포하며, (1939광모) 상수에 주는 피해가 크다. 특히 하추잠기에 있어서 해충에 의한 피해는 막대한 것이며, 수엽량이 30%내외가 감소될 뿐만 아니라, 선서성장을 정지시키고, 액아를 족생시키는 결과를 가져 온다. (중략)

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Molecular Taxonomy of a Phantom Midge Species (Chaoborus flavicans) in Korea

  • An, Hae-In;Jung, Gil-A;Kim, Chang-Bae
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.36-41
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    • 2012
  • The larvae of Chaoborus are widely distributed in lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. These omnivorous Chaoborus larvae are crucial predators and play a role in structuring zooplankton communities, especially for small-sized prey. Larvae of Chaoborus are commonly known to produce predator-induced polyphenism in Daphnia sp. Nevertheless, their taxonomy and molecular phylogeny are very poorly understood. As a fundamental study for understanding the role of Chaoborus in predator-prey interactions in a freshwater ecosystem, the molecular identification and phylogenetic relationship of Chaoborus were analyzed in this study. A molecular comparison based on partial mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) between species in Chaoborus was carried out for the identification of Chaoborus larvae collected from 2 localities in Korea. According to the results, the Chaoborus species examined here was identified as C. flavicans, which is a lake-dwelling species. Furthermore, partial mitochondrial genome including COI, COII, ATP6, ATP8, COIII, and ND3 were also newly sequenced from the species and concatenated 5 gene sequences excluding ATP8 with another 9 dipteran species were compared to examine phylogenetic relationships of C. flavicans. The results suggested that Chaoborus was more related to the Ceratopogonidae than to the Culicidae. Further analysis based on complete mitochondrial DNA sequences and nuclear gene sequences will provide a more robust validation of the phylogenetic relationships of Chaoborus within dipteran lineages.

A Study on Social Networks and Psychological Well-being of Middle-aged Men (중년기 남성의 사회관계망과 심리적 복지감)

  • 이기숙;김현지
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.133-144
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of the social networks and its relationship with the psychological well-being of middle-aged men. The participants were 314 men who were married living in Pusan, aged between 40 and 59, having occupation and children. Data were collected by questionnaire which consists of Social Networks Scale and Psychological Well-being Scale. The major results of the study were summarized as follows; First, the range of the social contact with men's own kin was wider than women's. In the contact frequency of midge-aged men, primary networks were shown more frequent contact than the secondary networks. In the characteristics of interactive function of social networks, kinship of the middle- aged men, their partners and friendship networks were the most important among the six networks, which agrees the fact that kin are still the primary source of social support. Second, the level of psychological well-being was lower than family-related satisfaction and work-related satisfaction. In the work-related satisfaction, the level of job satisfaction was lower than the other sub-categories. Psychological well-being of middle-aged men were affected by Social economic status as well.

Biogenetic Differences in Essential Oil Constituents from the Leave of Pinus densiflora and Pinus koraiensis (소나무와 잣나무잎 정유성분의 생체학적 차이)

  • Song, Hong-Keun
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.49-53
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    • 1995
  • The terpenoids are one of the secondary metabolities in Pinus species and functioned the protection them from insects or/and fungus etc. Since Pinus koraiensis has not any damage by Pine needle gall midge but Pinus densiflora has great injury by them in South Korea. It may great helf to find these reasons to analize their monoterpenenoids and to compare the seasonal variation of their amounts. Terpenoids were analized by GC, GC/MS. Some biogenetic analysis of terpenoids also was elucidated. The seasonal variation of terpenoid was distinguished at March and August and/or September. Most of major component of monoterpenes were increased or decreased in these periods in Pinus koraiensis. Especially 3-carene was showed significant variation between the period of physiological activity and the period of domain. The effect of infection by Pine needle gall midge was significant in Pinus densiflora for amount of monoterpene during the period of infection. The components of p-menthane series between Pinus densiflora and Pinus koraiensis was recognized a significant difference during the experiment. Biogenetic cooccurrance of pmenthane series also was recognized between 3-carene and terpinolene in Pinus koraiensis.

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Studies on the Effects of the Pine Needle Gall Midge, Thecodiplosis japonensis Uchida et Inouye, on the Growth of the Red Pine, Pinus densiflora Siebold et Zuccarini (I) - Changes in Gall Formation Rate - (솔잎혹파리가 소나무생장(生長)에 미치는 영향(影響)에 관한 연구(硏究)(I) - 충영형성률(虫癭形成率)의 변동(變動) -)

  • Park, Ki Nam;Hyun, Jai Sun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.61 no.1
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    • pp.20-26
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    • 1983
  • Some aspects of the change in the rate of gall formation on the red pine, Pinus densiflora Siebold et Zuccarini, by the pine needle gall midge, Thecodiplosis japonensis Uchida et Inouye, were investigated at the coastal area in Chung Nam-Do from 1977 to 1982, and were analyzed with the nationwide survey data for 2 years from 1980 to 1981. The results obtained were as follows; the gall formation rate in several areas was compared between two consecutive generations. Four regression equations were established, with X as the gall formation rate in N year and Y as that in (N+1) year: 1) Y=11.2+1.15X (r=0.833) for the stands facing north on the phase of insect population increase, 2) Y=14.3+0.82X (r=0.739) for the stands facing south on the phase of population increase, 3) Y=7.3+0.46X (r=0.478) for stands facing north on the phase of population decrease and 4) Y=11.4+0.19X (r=0.086) for stands facing south on the phase of population decrease. After invasion of the pine needle gall midge into a red pine forest, gall formation rate increased for 6 consecutive generations and then decreased to low level within a period of another 6 years.

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Studies on the Effects of the Pine Needle Gall Midge, Thecodiplosis japonensis Uchida et Inouye, on the Growth of the Red Pine, Pinus densiflora S. et Z.(III) -Radial Growth Impact- (솔잎혹파리가 소나무생장(生長)에 미치는 영향(影響)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究)(III) -직경생장저해(直徑生長沮害)-)

  • Park, Ki Nam;Hyun, Jai Sun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.65 no.1
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    • pp.48-53
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    • 1984
  • Using the Duff and Noland's method, the annual ring growth patterns of the red pine in the natural stands were examined at two locations; Seocheon, Chungnam-do where the stand had been infested with the pine needle gall midge, Thecodiplosis japonensis, during the years from 1975 to 1978, and Hongsong, Chungnam-do where had been no incidence of the insect damage. The results obtained are as follows: 1) With the normal red pine of 13 year old, the growth pattern in the oblique sequence indicates that the annual growth rates are maximum at the few terminal internodes, and decrease gradually with the downward internodes. Such characteristic of the growth pattern is not clear in the horizontal sequence of annual rings. 2) The indications of the radial growth reduction of the pine tree due to the pine gall midge infestation could be examined with any of three series at the crown level internodes; horizontal, vertical and oblique series. For the basal internodes, however, the horizontal series appeared to be inadequate for the analysis of the damage impact because it seemed to be masked by various factors other than direct effects of the damage. 3) Of the three ways of radial growth analyses, oblique sequence seems to be the most usefull, especially for the detection of the impact on growth caused by incipient or light infestation.

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Control Efficacy of Ethofenprox against Soybean Pod Gall Midge, Asphondylia yushimai (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) at Different Spray Time (Ethofenprox 처리시기별 콩꼬투리혹파리의 방제효과)

  • Bae, Soon-Do;Mainali, Bishwo Prasad;Kim, Hyun-Ju
    • The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.191-195
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    • 2014
  • Occurrence of soybean pod gall midge (SPGM), Asphondylia yushimai, and soybean pod damage caused by SPGM, and its control efficacy treated with ethofenprox 20EC were first observed at Miryang from 2006 to 2008 in Korea. The typical damage symptoms in soybean pod caused by SPGM were brownish coloration and malformation. By beating method occurrence of SPGM was observed from beginning bloom of soybean and its collected population increased with season until middle September. Soybean pod damage caused by SPGM was heaviest at seeding date of 10th May, followed by 11th June and 26th May. Control efficacy against SPGM sprayed with one time application of ethofenprox 20EC at different spray time in soybean reproductive stage was highest with 92.9% at R2.5, followed by 87.9% at R2 and 83.6% at R3, and was low from about 19 to 66% at other spray time. Accordingly, the most effective spray time of insecticide for control of SPGM in soybean field was found to be R2.5 which is between R2 and R3.