Direct effects of insecticides on plants: Soybean transcriptome responses to neonicotinoids and spider mites

Abstract. This study used a longitudinal data set of 5,672 adults followed for 50 years to determine the factors that influence adult trait Openness-to-Experience. In a large, nationally representative sample in the UK (the National Child Development Study), data were collected at birth, in childhood (age 11), adolescence (age 16), and adulthood (ages 33, 42, and 50) to examine the effects of family social background, childhood intelligence, school motivation during adolescence, education, and occupation on the personality trait Openness assessed at age 50 years. Structural equation modeling showed that parental social status, childhood intelligence, school motivation, education, and occupation all had modest, but direct, effects on trait Openness, among which childhood intelligence was the strongest predictor. Gender was not significantly associated with trait Openness. Limitations and implications of the study are discussed.

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A Moment to Come Together: Personal Reflections on Trayvon Martin

Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology ◽

10.33043/jsacp.5.1.131-137 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 131-137

Author(s):

Roxanne Christensen ◽

LaSonia Barlow ◽

Demetrius E. Ford

Keyword(s):

Civil Rights ◽

Doctoral Students ◽

Professional Psychology ◽

Direct Effects ◽

The Social ◽

To Come ◽

Professional Responses ◽

The Individual ◽

Personal Reflections ◽

Unique Individual

Three personal reflections provided by doctoral students of the Michigan School of Professional Psychology (Farmington Hills, Michigan) address identification of individual perspectives on the tragic events surrounding Trayvon Martin’s death. The historical ramifications of a culture-in-context and the way civil rights, racism, and community traumatization play a role in the social construction of criminals are explored. A justice orientation is applied to both the community and the individual via internal reflection about the unique individual and collective roles social justice plays in the outcome of these events. Finally, the personal and professional responses of a practitioner who is also a mother of minority young men brings to light the need to educate against stereotypes, assist a community to heal, and simultaneously manage the direct effects of such events on youth in society. In all three essays, common themes of community and growth are addressed from varying viewpoints. As worlds collided, a historical division has given rise to a present unity geared toward breaking the cycle of violence and trauma. The authors plead that if there is no other service in the name of this tragedy, let it at least contribute to the actualization of a society toward growth and healing.

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Evaluation of acaricides against false spider mite, Tenuipalpus aboharensis (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), a pest of pomegranate

ENTOMON ◽

10.33307/entomon.v45i1.507 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 81-86

Author(s):

Mohammad Yosof Amini ◽

Ahamad Shah Mohammadi ◽

Srinivasa N ◽

Onkarappa S

Keyword(s):

Field Experiment ◽

Spider Mite ◽

Spider Mites ◽

Economic Losses ◽

Fruit Crops ◽

False Spider Mites ◽

False Spider ◽

False Spider Mite

False spider mites are serious pests of pomegranate and frequently cause considerable economic losses in other fruit crops as well. A field experiment conducted to evaluate eleven acaricides against Tenuipalpus aboharensis infesting pomegranate plants, revealed that wettable sulphur at 2.5 g and dicofol at 2.5 ml per litre were very effective and other acaricides viz. propargite, fenpyroximate, chlorfenapyr and buprofezin were also found effective against T. aboharensis.

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DIRECT EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 ENRICHMENT ON PLANTS AND ECOSYSTEMS: AN UPDATED BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA BASE

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) Datasets ◽

10.3334/cdiac/vrc.004 ◽

1996 ◽

Author(s):

B.R. Strain, ◽

J.D. Cure,

Keyword(s):

Data Base ◽

Co2 Enrichment ◽

Atmospheric Co2 ◽

Direct Effects ◽

Bibliographic Data

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EFFECT OF SOME CHEMICAL ACARICIDES AND SECONDARY COMPOUND OF THE PLANT CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS ON THE BIOLOGY OF THE TWO SPOTTED SPIDER MITES Tetranychus urticae (Koch) Tetranychidae:Acari))

Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences ◽

10.33762/bagrs.2006.57319 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 287-301

Author(s):

H.M.R.Mehdi ◽

I.M.Omran

Keyword(s):

Tetranychus Urticae ◽

Spider Mites ◽

Citrullus Colocynthis ◽

Secondary Compound ◽

Tetranychus Urticae Koch

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Effects of rhizobacteria on the biology and behavior of Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

Revista Colombiana de Entomología ◽

10.25100/socolen.v43i2.5943 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 195

Author(s):

Robson Thomaz Thuler ◽

Fernando Henrique Iost Filho ◽

Hamilton César De Oliveira Charlo ◽

Sergio Antônio De Bortoli

Keyword(s):

Plutella Xylostella ◽

Diamondback Moth ◽

Insect Behavior ◽

Control Treatment ◽

Pupal Weight ◽

Larval Feeding ◽

Direct Effects ◽

Plant Feeding ◽

Kluyvera Ascorbata ◽

And Behavior

Plant induced resistance is a tool for integrated pest management, aimed at increasing plant defense against stress, which is compatible with other techniques. Rhizobacteria act in the plant through metabolic changes and may have direct effects on plant-feeding insects. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of cabbage plants inoculated with rhizobacteria on the biology and behavior of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Cabbage seeds inoculated with 12 rhizobacteria strains were sowed in polystyrene trays and later transplanted into the greenhouse. The cabbage plants with sufficient size to support stress were then infested with diamondback moth caterpillars. Later, healthy leaves suffering injuries were collected and taken to the laboratory to feed P. xylostella second instar caterpillars that were evaluated for larval and pupal viability and duration, pupal weight, and sex ratio. The reduction of leaf area was then calculated as a measure of the amount of larval feeding. Non-preference for feeding and oviposition assays were also performed, by comparing the control treatment and plants inoculated with different rhizobacterial strains. Plants inoculated with the strains EN4 of Kluyvera ascorbata and HPF14 of Bacillus thuringiensis negatively affected the biological characteristics of P. xylostella when such traits were evaluated together, without directly affecting the insect behavior.

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