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Accurate recognition of the reproductive development status and prediction of oviposition fecundity in Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) based on computer vision
LÜ Chun-yang, GE Shi-shuai, HE Wei, ZHANG Hao-wen, YANG Xian-ming, CHU Bo, WU Kong-ming
2023, 22 (7): 2173-2187.   DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2022.12.003
Abstract187)      PDF in ScienceDirect      

Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an important migratory agricultural pest worldwide, which has invaded many countries in the Old World since 2016 and now poses a serious threat to world food security. The present monitoring and early warning strategies for the fall army worm (FAW) mainly focus on adult population density, but lack an information technology platform for precisely forecasting the reproductive dynamics of the adults. In this study, to identify the developmental status of the adults, we first utilized female ovarian images to extract and screen five features combined with the support vector machine (SVM) classifier and employed male testes images to obtain the testis circular features. Then, we established models for the relationship between oviposition dynamics and the developmental time of adult reproductive organs using laboratory tests. The results show that the accuracy of female ovary development stage determination reached 91%. The mean standard error (MSE) between the actual and predicted values of the ovarian developmental time was 0.2431, and the mean error rate between the actual and predicted values of the daily oviposition quantity was 12.38%. The error rate for the recognition of testis diameter was 3.25%, and the predicted and actual values of the testis developmental time in males had an MSE of 0.7734. A WeChat applet for identifying the reproductive developmental state and predicting reproduction of S. frugiperda was developed by integrating the above research results, and it is now available for use by anyone involved in plant protection. This study developed an automated method for accurately forecasting the reproductive dynamics of S. frugiperda populations, which can be helpful for the construction of a population monitoring and early warning system for use by both professional experts and local people at the county level.

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Insecticide resistance monitoring for the invasive populations of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda in China
ZHANG Dan-dan, XIAO Yu-tao, XU Peng-jun, YANG Xian-ming, WU Qiu-lin, WU Kong-ming
2021, 20 (3): 783-791.   DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(20)63392-5
Abstract258)      PDF in ScienceDirect      
Fall armyworm has invaded China and colonized its populations in tropical and sub-tropical regions of South China since December 2018.  Chemical spray has been widely used to control the pest, which shall lead to resistance evolution.  In this research, we collected five populations of the pest from Yunnan, Hainan, Tibet, and Fujian of China, and tested their susceptibilities to pyrethroid, organophosphorus, oxadiazine, diamide, antibiotics and other types of insecticides (14 insecticides totally) in the laboratory.  Based on the susceptible baseline published from the previous studies, the resistance ratio was 615–1 068-fold to chlorpyrifos, 60–388-fold to spinosad, 26–317-fold to lambda-cyhalothrin, 13–29-fold to malathion, 9–33-fold to fenvalerate, 8–20-fold to deltamethrin, 3–8-fold to emamectin benzoate and 1–2-fold to chlorantraniliprole, respectively.  The median lethal concentration (LC50) of other six insecticides without the susceptible baselines was 148.27–220.96 µg mL–1 for beta-cypermethrin, 87.03–128.43 µg mL–1 for chlorfenapyr, 16.35–99.67 µg mL–1 for indoxacarb, 10.55–51.01 µg mL–1 for phoxim, 7.08–8.78 µg mL–1 for M-EBI (the mixed insecticide of emamectin benzoate and indoxcarb) and 1.49–4.64 µg mL–1 for cyantraniliprole.  This study can be helpful for chemical control as well as for resistance monitoring and management of the pest in China.
 
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Population occurrence of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in the winter season of China
YANG Xian-ming, SONG Yi-fei, SUN Xiao-xu, SHEN Xiu-jing, WU Qiu-lin, ZHANG Hao-wen, ZHANG Dan-dan, ZHAO Sheng-yuan, LIANG Ge-mei, WU Kong-ming
2021, 20 (3): 772-782.   DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(20)63292-0
Abstract106)      PDF in ScienceDirect      
Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), has become an important pest in Chinese agricultural systems since its invasion on 11 December 2018.  After its establishment, FAW months in the year-round breeding region have become the main source population migrating to other areas in China.  Field investigations were conducted in tropical and subtropical regions to improve understanding of its year-round breeding area in China.  The results showed that FAW larval density was significantly correlated with the seasonal temperature of the location surveyed.  The FAW larvae maintained a high density in the tropical area and were frequently found in sites of the south subtropical region, but were absent from the north subtropical region and the northern part of the central subtropical region.  These results indicated that FAW can reproduce annually in the tropical and south subtropical regions of China, including Hainan, Taiwan and the southern area of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan.  Hence, great effort should be made to monitor and control FAW in the year-round breeding region to suppress the population density of this area and to reduce migration of moths into northern parts of China.  This study clarifies the occurrence area of the pest in winter in China and provides much valuable information for its population forecasting and management.
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