A study was conducted to determine the effect of trimedlure (TML) bait field duration on recovery of sterile male Mediterranean fruit flies, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) under west central Florida conditions. Jackson traps baited with TML soft plugs were placed in residential (N = 80) and industrial (N = 40) settings, then monitored weekly. Traps were monitored to determine if TML bait at thr...

We compared alternative bait markers for a Shldy of free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) based on the following criteria: 1) detectability in fecal matter; 2) incorporation into com bait; 3) palatability; and 4) cost. We used penned sheep (Ovis aries) as an experimental model to evaluate Microtaggants, metallic t1akes, plastic chips, and rare earth elements as bait markers, a...

We describe a 2-yr trial to evaluate the ability of SELECT Tick Control System (TCS) host-targeted bait boxes to reduce numbers of host-seeking Ixodes scapularis nymphs in a residential neighborhood. After four successive 9-wk deployments, nymphal and larval I. scapularis infestation prevalence and intensity were significantly reduced on target small mammals. In addition, these deployments resu...

Conformance testing is a widely used approach to validate a system correct w.r.t. its specification. This approach is mainly used for behavior-oriented systems. BAiT (Behavior Adaptation in Testing) is a conformance testing approach for data-intensive reactive systems. In this paper, we validate the applicability of BAiT to systems, which are not behavior-oriented (reactive) but document-center...

Anticoagulant treated grain baits have been used to control vertebrate pest depredations in California for over 30 years. The use of anticoagulant treated baits has increased seven (7) times in the past seven (7) years; the majority for the use of ground squirrel, Spermophilus spp., control. Since 1968-69, an average of 1,747,828 net over 5,700,919 gross acres per year has been treated for grou...

Western cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis indifferens Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae),is a major pest of sweet cherry, Prunus avium (L.) L., in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Spinosad bait is applied weekly to kill flies before they develop eggs, but its effects on oviposition by reproductively mature flies are unknown. In this study, the main objective was to identify insecticide bait tr...

Subterranean termites, Reticulitermes spp., were attracted to carbon dioxide (CO2) in laboratory and Þeld tests. In behavioral bioassays, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar), Reticulitermes tibialisBanks, andReticulitermes virginicusBankswere attracted toCO2 concentrations between5 and 50 mmol/mol. In further bioassays, R. tibialis and R. virginicus were attracted to the headspace from polyisocyan...

Lipas jerman telah resisten terhadap berbagai macam insektisida, dibuktikan dengan adanya kasus resistensi lipas yang dilaporkan terjadi di beberapa wilayah Indonesia. Meskipun demikian, Kota Purwokerto sampai saat ini belum ada laporan mengenai tersebut. Tujuan khusus penelitian adalah mengetahui status dari tiga pasar tradisional fipronil. Metode digunakan metode kontak dan umpan menggunakan ...

Nuclear mRNAs in trypanosomatids are generated by trans-splicing. Although trans-splicing resembles cis-splicing in many ways and most of the U RNA participants have been characterized, relatively few involved proteins have been identified. Herein, we employed a yeast three-hybrid system to identify a protein, XB1, which binds to the Trypanosoma cruzi SL RNA. XB1 is a approximately 45 kDa prote...