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Research Project: Insect Control and Resistance Management in Corn, Cotton, Sorghum, Soybean, and Sweet Potato, and Alternative Approaches to Tarnished Plant Bug Control in the Southern United States

Location: Southern Insect Management Research

Title: Complex insect behaviors: tools and techniques

Author
item George, Justin
item Reddy, Gadi V.P.
item Lapointe, Stephen

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/26/2022
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: Behavior of insects can be influenced by their interactions with host plants, or by pathogen/parasite manipulations in the case of disease vectors. In order to develop behavioral or semiochemical based management strategies for pest management, it is important to understand how insects use visual, olfactory and gustatory cues during their interactions with host plants. Behavioral, chemical, ecological, and neurophysiological tools and techniques are very useful in the investigation of these important cues and insect behaviors. The pathogen acquisition and transmission associated with insect-vectored plant diseases also involves various probing and feeding behaviors. This presentation will focus on understanding some of these intriguing insect behaviors, and the tools and techniques used in the research of plant disease vectors and other major hemipteran pests.

Technical Abstract: Insect behaviors are intriguing. Insect behaviors can be influenced by their interactions with host plants, or by pathogen/parasite manipulations in the case of disease vectors. In order to develop behavioral or semiochemical based management strategies for pest management, it is important to understand how insects use visual, olfactory and gustatory cues during their interactions with host plants. Behavioral, chemical, ecological, and neurophysiological tools and techniques are very useful in the investigation of these important cues and insect behaviors. The pathogen acquisition and transmission associated with insect-vectored plant diseases also involves various probing and feeding behaviors. This presentation will focus on understanding some of these intriguing insect behaviors, and the tools and techniques used in the research of plant disease vectors and other major hemipteran pests.