Control of Fruit Flies in the Tropical Regions of Asia

Fruit Flies ◽  
1993 ◽  
pp. 455-463
Author(s):  
S. Vijaysegaran
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Flies ◽  
Tropical Regions

Behavioral Genetics: Investigating the genes of a complex phenotype in fruit flies

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Stanley ◽  
Charles Hadley King ◽  
Michelle Thornton ◽  
Rob Kulathinal
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Genetics ◽  
Fruit Flies ◽  
Complex Phenotype

ESTIMATION OF RAIN FADE DURATIONS ON COMMUNICATION LINKS AT Ka BAND IN EQUATORIAL AND TROPICAL REGIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-141
Author(s):  
M. E. Sanyaolu ◽  
Oluropo F. Dairo ◽  
A. A. Willoughby ◽  
L. B. Kolawole
Keyword(s):  
Ka Band ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Communication Links

PERKEMBANGAN PRADEWASA DAN LAMA HIDUP IMAGO Psyttalia sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), PARASITOID LARVA LALAT BUAH Bactrocera dorsalis HEND (Diptera: Tephritidae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia Pujiastuti
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Flies ◽  
Bactrocera Dorsalis ◽  
Average Level ◽  
Development Period ◽  
Plant Pest ◽  
Immature Development

The objective of the research were to investigate level parasitization, immature development period, longevity of adult parasitoids, along with number of progeny and parasitoid sex of Psyttalia sp. attacking larvae of Bactrocera dorsalis. This experiment was conducted in Laboratory of Entomology, Department Plant Pest and Diseases Faculty of Agriculture, Sriwijaya University from March to September 2007. The result showed that the average level of parasitization of Psyttalia sp. reached 24.24%. The highest one was 30% and the lowest was 16.7%. The immature development period of Psyttalia sp. ranged from 24-31 days with average 27.5 days. Longevity of imago parasitoids which stored at 5 0C was 14.1 days. In the research, the progeny of parasitoids which produced was females with percentage of females reached 59.99% and percentage of males reached 39.99%.Keywords: fruit flies, Bactrocera dorsalis, parasitoid, Psyttalia sp.

PERTUMBUHAN LINGKARAN POHON JATI PADA DUA SISTEM KULTUR BERBEDA DI JAWA TIMUR

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iriwi Louisa S. Sinon
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Tectona Grandis ◽  
Annual Growth ◽  
Natural Growth ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Climate Effect ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Annual Growth Rings ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
Plantation Teak

<p><em>Study dendrochronology or tree-ring dating is defined as the study of chronological sequence of annual growth rings in trees. Teak (Tectona grandis) is one of various tree species that has been identified for the use of tree-ring studies in tropical regions. Teak is found to be suitable for dendrochronology as it is long-lived and develops defined annual growth rings. In Java, teak cans growth naturally or intensively in plantation. The two silviculture conditions will give different sensitivity on climate effect. Therefore, the effect of silviculturer will on natural teak and plantation teak in Saradan, Madiun, and East Java. As a part of the study, ten core samples from natural- growth teak were measured. The samples of growth rings is spanned from 1832 – 2004. Using the COFECHA program, the correlation of the samples (r) was found to be 0.44 point, which is satisfactory to the standard used in dendrochronology. Thus, from this study it can be concluded that natural teak could still be used in dendrochronology, although the sensitivity are not as high as plantation teak. </em></p>

Are perceived prevalences of infection also biased and how? Lessons from large epidemics of mosquito-borne diseases in tropical regions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn Raude
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Cognitive Biases ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Systematic Bias ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Telephone Surveys ◽  
Behavioral Decision ◽  
Risk Estimates ◽  
Representative Samples ◽  
Actual Prevalence

Objectives: Although people have been repeatedly found to underestimate the frequency of risks to health from common diseases, we still do not know much about reasons for this systematic bias, which is also referred to as “primary bias” in the literature. In this study, we take advantage of a series of large epidemics of mosquito-borne diseases to examine the accuracy of judgments of risk frequencies. In this aim, we assessed the perceived versus the observed prevalence of infection by zika, chikungunya or dengue fever during these outbreaks, as well as their variations among different subpopulations and epidemiological settings.Design: We used data drawn from 4 telephone surveys, conducted between 2006 and 2016, among representative samples of the adult population in tropical regions (Reunion, Martinique, and French Guiana). The participants were asked to estimate the prevalence of these infections by using a natural frequency scale.Results: The surveys showed that (1) most people greatly overestimated the prevalence of infection by arbovirus, (2) these risk overestimations fell considerably as the actual prevalence of these diseases increased, (3) the better-educated and male participants consistently yielded less inaccurate risk estimates across epidemics, and (4) that these biases in the perception of prevalence of these infectious diseases are relatively well predicted by probability weighting function.Conclusions: These findings suggest that the cognitive biases that affect perception of prevalence of acute infectious diseases are not fundamentally different from those that characterize other types of probabilistic judgments observed in the field of behavioral decision-making. They also indicate that numeracy may play a considerable role in people’s ability to transform epidemiological observations from their social environment to more accurate risk estimates.

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