| Title: | "Effect of vibrational mating disruption on flight activity and oviposition to control the grapevine pest, Scaphoideustitanus" |
| Author(s): | Zaffaroni-Caorsi V; Nieri R; Pugno NM; Mazzoni V; |
| Address: | "C3A Centro Agricoltura, Alimenti e Ambiente, University of Trento, Italy. Electronic address: valenzc@gmail.com. Laboratory of Bioinspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials & Mechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, I-38123, Trento, Italy. Laboratory of Bioinspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials & Mechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, I-38123, Trento, Italy; School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom. Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Edmund Mach, 1, 38098, San Michele All'Adige, Italy" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.asd.2022.101173 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-5495 (Electronic) 1467-8039 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The increasing demand for safe and sustainably produced food is leading to the development of strategies of pest control alternative to chemicals. One innovative method is Vibrational Mating Disruption (VMD) to disrupt insect communication in plants. VMD was proven effective in preventing mating of the grapevine pest Scaphoideus titanus, vector of flavescence doree. However, the stress induced by VMD on the target species has the potential to influence other crucial aspects of the insect biology and ethology. Therefore, the goal of this study was to understand side effects of VMD on the flight activity and oviposition of S. titanus. The results of our experiments conducted in the greenhouse showed that in the presence of a receptive female, males fly more if exposed to vibrations than in the silent control but not differently from singles males in silence. Surprisingly, we found that also females subjected to VMD fly more than in the silence. Regarding oviposition, we found that mated females exposed to vibrations and single females (unmated) laid significantly fewer eggs than mated females in silence. In conclusion, this study shows the potential of VMD to interfere, besides with mating, with other important biological aspects of the pest species" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Female *Flight, Animal *Hemiptera *Insect Control/methods/standards Male *Oviposition *Vibration Applied biotremology Behavioural manipulation Biological control Flavescence doree Flight activity Leafhoppers Oviposition Vectors;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineZaffaroni-Caorsi, Valentina Nieri, Rachele Pugno, Nicola M Mazzoni, Valerio eng England 2022/06/01 Arthropod Struct Dev. 2022 Jul; 69:101173. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2022.101173. Epub 2022 May 27" |
