Methods for the Study of Pest Diabrotica

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Introduction: Biology, Distribution, and Identification of Pest Diabrotica

   • James L. Krysan

   Pages 1-23

3. Rearing and Handling of Diabrotica virgifera and Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi

   • Jan J. Jackson

   Pages 25-47

4. Rearing and Handling of Diabrotica balteata

   • James M. Schalk

   Pages 49-56

5. Methods for the Study of Pheromones and Kairomones

   • John F. Andersen, Peter J. Wilkin

   Pages 57-82

6. Egg Sampling Techniques

   • William G. Ruesink

   Pages 83-99

7. Field Sampling of Larvae and Pupae

   • James R. Fisher, Marlin K. Bergman

   Pages 101-121

8. Field Sampling of Adult Populations

   • Jon J. Tollefson

   Pages 123-146

9. Artificial Infestation of Field Plots

   • Gerald R. Sutter, Terry F. Branson

   Pages 147-157

10. Larval Feeding Behavior and Host-Plant Resistance in Maize

    • Terry F. Branson

    Pages 159-182

11. Field Evaluation of Insecticides for Control of Larvae of Corn Rootworms

    • Z. B. Mayo Jr.

    Pages 183-203

12. Toxicological Methods and Laboratory Testing of Insecticides

    • Joel R. Coats

    Pages 205-226

13. Evaluation of Diabrotica Beetles as Vectors of Plant Viruses

    • R. C. Gergerich, H. A. Scott, J. P. Fulton

    Pages 227-249

14. Back Matter

    Pages 251-260

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Insects as a group occupy a middle ground in the biosphere between bac­ at one extreme, amphibians and mammals at the other. teria and viruses of insects present special problems to the The size and general nature study of entomology. For example, many commercially available instru­ ments are geared to measure in grams, while the forces commonly en­ countered in studying insects are in the milligram range. Therefore, tech­ niques developed in the study of insects or in those fields concerned with the control of insect pests are often unique. Methods for measuring things are common to all sciences. Advances sometimes depend more on how something was done than on what was measured; indeed a given field often progresses from one technique to another as new methods are discovered, developed, and modified. Just ofthese techniques find their way into the classroom when as often, some the problems involved have been sufficiently ironed out to permit students to master the manipulations in a few laboratory periods. Many specialized techniques are confined to one specific research lab­ oratory. Although methods may be considered commonplace where they are used, in another context even the simplest procedures may save con­ siderable time. It is the purpose of this series (1) to report new devel­ opments in methodology, (2) to reveal sources of groups who have dealt with and solved particular entomological problems, and (3) to describe experiments which may be applicable for use in biology laboratory courses.

• Pest
• Pheromon
• amphibians
• biology
• biosphere
• entomology
• insect
• insecticide
• insects
• mammals

• Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Yakima, USA

  James L. Krysan

• Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, USA

  Thomas A. Miller