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Title:		Automatic Field Detection of Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with a New Probe
Author(s):		Toth Z; Toth M; Josvai JK; Toth F; Florian N; Gergocs V; Dombos M;
Address:		"Institute for Soil Sciences and Agricultural Chemistry, Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman Otto ut 15, H-1022 Budapest, Hungary. Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman Otto ut 15, H-1022 Budapest, Hungary"
Journal Title:		Insects
Year:		2020
Volume:		20200801
Issue:		8
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.3390/insects11080486
ISSN/ISBN:		2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The Western corn rootworm (WCR), Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is a significant invasive pest of maize plantations in Europe. Integrated pest management demands an adequate monitoring system which detects the activity of insects with high accuracy in real-time. In this study, we show and test a new electronic device (ZooLog KLP), which was developed to detect WCR in the field. The ZooLog KLP consists of a trapping element that attracts insects with its color and species-specific sex pheromone. The other part is an opto-electronic sensor-ring which detects the specimens when they fall into the trap. At detection, the time of catch is recorded and sent to a web interface. In this study, we followed WCR flight patterns for six weeks in two locations, using ZooLog KLP probes. We investigated sensor precision by comparing the number of catches to the number of detections. The tool reached high accuracy (95.84%) in recording WCR. We found a peak in flight activity in August and a bimodal daily pattern. This method may be beneficial in detecting the WCR during their activity, and this new device may serve as a prototype for real-time monitoring systems and improve the management of this pest"
Keywords:		agricultural monitoring infrared sensor invasive species maize pest management;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEToth, Zsolt Toth, Miklos Josvai, Julia Katalin Toth, Franciska Florian, Norbert Gergocs, Veronika Dombos, Miklos eng LIFE13 ENV/HU/001092/European Union's LIFE project/ GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00056/Hungarian TALAJBIOM project/ Switzerland 2020/08/06 Insects. 2020 Aug 1; 11(8):486. doi: 10.3390/insects11080486"