Hongqiang Feng

Hongqiang Feng
Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences · Department of Plant Protection

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Calosoma chinense Kirby is a generalist predatory that consumes multiple pests.To better elucidate the behavioral and ecological aspects of this species, we identified the field species and investigated the predation capacity of the third instar larvae and both sexes of adults against the first to six instar larvae, pupae, male and female adults of...
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The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (FAW), is an invasive and destructive polyphagous pest that poses a significant threat to global agricultural production. The FAW mainly damages maize, with a particular preference for V3–V5 (third to fifth leaf collar) plant stages in northern China. How the FAW moth precisely locat...
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The East Asian Insect Flyway is a globally important migration route stretching from the Indochina Peninsula and the Philippines through East China to Northeast China and northern Japan, although most migrants utilize only part of the flyway. In this review, we focus on long-range windborne migrations of lepidopteran and planthopper pests. We outli...
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The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith; Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a notorious invasive insect pest. It is very important to understand the foraging behavior of this pest to develop more effective lures to monitor the immigration of this pest. In this study, the use of visual and olfactory cues in the foraging behavior of S. frugiperda...
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Spodoptera frugiperda, also known as the fall armyworm (FAW), is classified by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a major agricultural pest. By gaining a more nuanced understanding of the fall armyworm’s courtship behavior, simpler and more environmentally friendly methods of controlling this pest can be developed....
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Spodoptera frugiperda , also known as the fall armyworm, is classified by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a major agricultural pest. By gaining a more nuanced understanding of the fall armyworm's courtship behavior, simpler and more environmentally friendly methods of controlling this pest can be developed. This...
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Long-distance migrations of insects contribute to ecosystem functioning but also have important economic impacts when the migrants are pests or provide ecosystem services. We combined radar monitoring, aerial sampling, and searchlight trapping, to quantify the annual pattern of nocturnal insect migration above the densely populated agricultural lan...
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To illustrate the impact of genetically modified (GM) Bt maize on the natural enemy communities in the Huang-Huai-Hai summer maize-growing region in China, the abundance of 7 common predator taxa (Geocoris pallidipennis Costa, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas), lacewings, Orius sauteri (Poppius), Propylea japonica (Thunberg), spiders, and Staphylinidae) w...
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Introduction: The moth species Athetis lepigone (Möschler) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), which has recently been identified as a pest of summer maize (Zea mays L.) in China, has demonstrated a rapid proliferation with in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain region since its initial discovery in Hebei Province in 2005. It has become a prevalent pest of corn crops,...
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Athetis lepigone (Mschler) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a polyphagous insect which has caused severe damage to corn seedlings in recent yr in the summer corn region of China. It is suggested that this is a migrant species, which annually produces 4 different host-fed generations, but the discovery of its flight performance on each host has been elus...
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Lepidopteran pests present a key problem for maize production in China. In order to develop a new strategy for the pest control, the Chinese government has issued safety certificates for insect-resistant transgenic maize, but whether these transformation events can achieve high dose levels to major target pests is still unclear. In this paper, the...
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As a fungal metabolite, cyclosporin A (CsA) is widely used by patients to avoid immune rejection; however, little is known about its insecticidal activity. In this study, Mythimna separata was employed as a model to investigate the insecticidal activity of CsA as a biocontrol factor. The results showed that CsA had strong insecticide activity (LC50...
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The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, causes substantial annual agricultural production losses worldwide due to its resistance to many insecticides. Therefore, new insecticides are urgently needed to more effectively control FAW. Cyclosporin A (CsA) is a secondary metabolite of fungi; little is known about its insecticidal activity, espec...
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Transgenic maize expressing toxins derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) may be commercially planted in northern China where Bt cotton has been planted for more than two decades. While Bt maize brings additional benefits for insect control, it complicates the resistance management of cotton bollworm (CBW), Helicoverpa armigera (Lep...
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Background Transgenic maize expressing toxins derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) may be commercially planted in northern China where Bt cotton has been planted for more than two decades. While Bt maize brings additional benefits for insect control, it complicates the resistance management of cotton bollworm (CBW), Helicoverpa ar...
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BACKGROUND The green mirid bug Apolygus lucorum is a dominant pest species on multiple crops over a wide area in northern China. However, the combined effect of photoperiod and temperature on diapause induction in this species across different latitudes is not clear. Thus, the combined effects of temperature (17–29 °C) and photoperiod (11:13 h to 1...
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Barometric pressure is an important factor influencing several insect traits. Most studies have been conducted on the behavior of insects in relation to rapid and slight changes in pressure magnitudes or short-term pressure trends, but there is little information on the effect of long-term and large pressure variations on insect traits. Here, we as...
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Background Transgenic maize expressing toxins derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) may be commercially planted in northern China where Bt cotton has been planted for more than two decades. While Bt maize brings additional benefits for insect control, it complicates the resistance management of cotton bollworm (CBW), Helicoverpa ar...
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Transgenic crops that produce Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins are effective tools for controlling lepidopteran pests. However, the degree of susceptibility to Bt toxins differs among various pest species due to relatively narrow spectrum and high selectivity of such toxins. Bt corn hybrids for Chinese market were designed to target Asian corn bo...
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BACKGROUND Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée) is one of the most destructive pests of corn and is a major target of transgenic corn expressing Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) toxins in the Huanghuaihai summer corn region of China. Prior to the widespread commercialization of transgenic Bt corn, it is necessary to estimate baseline susceptibility to Bt toxins...
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To escape or alleviate low temperatures in winter, insects have evolved many behavioral and physiological strategies. The purple stem borer, Sesamia inferens (Walker) is currently reported to be expanding their northern distributions and causing damage to summer maize in Xinxiang, China. However, their method of coping with the lower temperature in...
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Insect pest management is a very important aspect for plant protection in crops production. Remote sensing provides a large number of techniques that are beneficial in entomological research. Although entomological radars have been used for studying migrations of insects for many years, most of entomological radar studies have been vertically traci...
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To escape or alleviate low temperatures in winter, insects have evolved many behavioral and physiological strategies. The rice pest insect, the purple stem borer, Sesamia inferens (Walker) is currently reported to be expanding their northern distributions and causing damage to summer maize in Xinxiang, China. However, their method of coping with th...
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The anatomical organization of distinct regions in the insect brain often reflects their functions. In the present study, the brain structure of Apolygus lucorum was examined by using immunolabeling and three-dimensional reconstruction. The results revealed the location and volume of prominent neuropils, such as the antennal lobes (AL), optic lobes...
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A joint Chinese-Swedish field campaign of Scheimpflug continuous-wave lidar monitoring of rice-field flying pest insects was pursued in very hot July weather conditions close to Guangzhou, China. The occurrence of insects, birds and bats with almost 200 hours of round-the-clock polarization-sensitive recordings was studied. Wing-beat frequency reco...
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The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a serious polyphagous insect pest worldwide. This species is known as a long-distance migrant, and previous studies on its migration have been mostly carried out in regions where it can overwinter. However, what pattern of seasonal migration this species exhibits in regions...
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Yearly (A) and monthly (B) capture of Spodoptera exigua moths in the searchlight trap on BeiHhuang Island from April to October 2003–2016. Note: Vertical bars in (B) represent standard errors, and bars sharing the same letter mean there were no significant inter-month differences at the 5% level by Tukey’s HSD tests. (TIF)
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Proportion of females (A), mated females (B), and sexually mature females (c) of Spodoptera exigua captured in the searchlight trap from June to October 2005–2009. Note: the histograms in (A) and (B) indicate the mean proportion in each month. The histograms in (C) indicate the mean ovarian development level in each month. Vertical bars represent s...
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Incidence of ovarian development of Spodoptera exigua captured in the searchlight trap on BeiHhuang Island from June to October 2005–2009. Note: The total number of dissected S. exigua female moths was 1,724 individuals in 2005, 1,038 individuals in 2006, 1,418 individuals in 2007, 682 individuals in 2008 and 970 individuals in 2009. (TIF)
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Two-way ANOVA analysis on the monthly mean proportion of Spodoptera exigua females captured in the searchlight trap on BeiHuang Island from May to October 2003–2016. (DOCX)
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Two-way ANOVA analysis on the monthly mean proportion of sexually mature Spodoptera exigua females captured in the searchlight trap on BeiHuang Island from May to October 2003–2016. (DOCX)
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Proportion of mating occurrences of Spodoptera exigua females captured in the searchlight trap on BeiHhuang Island from June to October 2005–2009. (TIF)
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Two-way ANOVA analysis on the number of Spodoptera exigua moths captured in the searchlight trap on BeiHuang Island from May to October 2003–2016. (DOCX)
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Hierarchical clustering analysis on the annual total numbers of Spodoptera exigua moths captured in the searchlight trap on BeiHuang Island from May to October 2003–2016. (DOCX)
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Two-way ANOVA analysis on the monthly mean proportion of mated Spodoptera exigua females captured in the searchlight trap on BeiHuang Island from May to October 2003–2016. (DOCX)
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Effective monitoring of flying insects is of major societal importance in view of the role of insects as indispensable pollinators, destructive disease vectors and economically devastating agricultural pests. The present paper reports on monitoring of flying agricultural pests using a continuous-wave lidar system in a rice-field location in Souther...
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A joint Chinese-Swedish field campaign of Scheimpflug continuous-wave lidar monitoring of ricefield flying pest insects was pursued in very hot July weather conditions close to Guangzhou, China. The occurrence of insects, birds and bats with almost 200 hours of round-the-clock polarization-sensitive recordings was studied. Wing-beat frequency recor...
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The green mirid bug Apolygus lucorum is a regional pest of multiple crops in northern China, and the survival and development of diapausing eggs during winter plays an important role in the population dynamics of this species. The effect of water on the survival and development of A. lucorum eggs was investigated using laboratory-induced diapause....
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The mirid bug Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür), a polyphagous pest, is dependent on olfactory cues to locate various host plant species and mates. In this study, we traced the projection pathway of the antennal sensory neurons and visualized their projection patterns in the central nervous system of A. lucorum through confocal microscopy and digital re...
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Identification of agricultural pest insects is an important aspect in insect research and agricultural monitoring. We have performed a methodological study of how spectroscopic techniques and wing-beat frequency analysis might provide relevant information. An optical system based on the combination of close-range remote sensing and reflectance spec...
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Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a target species of transgenic corn (Zea mays L.) that expresses single and pyramided Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin. In 2014, S. frugiperda were collected from a light trap in North Carolina, and a total of 212 F1/F2 isofemale lines of S. frugiperda were screened for...
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The black cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon (L.) (Hufnagel), is a worldwide pest infesting >30 crops. Previous studies on its migration in East Asia have been mostly carried out in the regions where it could safely overwinter; however, it’s still unknown what pattern of seasonal migration this species exhibits across different climate zones (i.e., in north...
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Adelphocoris suturalis is one of the most serious pest insects of Bt cotton in China, however its molecular genetics, biochemistry and physiology are poorly understood. We used high throughput sequencing platform to perform de novo transcriptome assembly and gene expression analyses across different developmental stages (eggs, 2nd and 5th instar ny...
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Macdunnoughia crassisigna (Warren) is an important polyphagous pest of bean crops and cruciferous vegetables. Whether this species is a migrant, and if so, what pattern of seasonal migration it exhibits in northern China remains unknown. The combination of searchlight trapping, ovarian dissection, and carbon isotope analysis on a small island in th...
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Transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops play an increasing role in pest control, and resistance management is a major issue in large-scale cultivation of Bt crops. The fitness cost of resistance in targeted pests is considered to be one of the main factors delaying resistance when using the refuge strategy. By comparing 10 resistant Helicoverp...
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The rice leaf roller, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée), is a serious insect pest of rice with a strong migratory ability. Previous studies on the migration of C. medinalis were mostly carried out in tropical or subtropical regions, however, and what the pattern of seasonal movements this species exhibits in temperate regions (i.e. Northern China,...
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Ctenoplusia agnata (Staudinger) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an important polyphagous pest in East Asia. Previous studies showed that C. agnata moths possesses the potential to undertake long-distance migration; however, knowledge of whether or not the migration of C. agnata moths is a regular ecological behavior and what the pattern of seasonal mig...
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With widespread planting of Bt cotton and an associated reduction in the use of broad-spectrum insecticides, the mirid bugs Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür) and Adelphocoris suturalis Jakovlev (Hemiptera: Miridae) become major pests of cotton in northern China in recent years. Both species overwinter as diapausing eggs that may enhance ability to survi...
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The plant bug Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür) is a major pest on Bt cotton and multiple crops in northern China. A modified NI artificial diet called T7 was developed to rear this pest for 10 successive generations both individually and in groups. This T7 diet was similar in components and preparation process to the NI diet used for Lygus hesperus in...
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Transgenic Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton has been effectively used to control the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) in China. However, in recent years, following the wide commercialization of Bt cotton in northern China there have been frequent outbreaks of the non-target pest Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür). To clarify how transgeni...
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Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a key insect pest of cotton in the Henan cotton growing region of China. In this region, cotton is grown on small acreages in rich agricultural landscapes, contrary to cropping systems in the United States or Australia. Under such cropping regimes, naturally occurring refuges (with non-Bt pl...
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Helicoverpa armigera Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a key insect pest of cotton in Xinjiang cotton-planting region of northwest China. In this region, cotton is grown on average ≈ 1.65 million ha (1.53 ≈ 1.80 million ha) annually in largely monoculture agricultural landscapes, similarly to cropping systems in the United States or Australia. Und...
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Transgenic cotton has shown great promise for the control of target pest insects; however, frequent outbreaks of nontarget pest mirids has been recorded in recent years in northern China. To test the hypothesis that transgenic cotton contributes to nontarget pest outbreaks, we studied the impact of transgenic Bt cottons (both Bt and Bt + CpTI) on t...
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The cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is one of the most serious crop pests in northern China, calling for accurate prediction of pest outbreaks and strategies for pest control. A computer model is developed to simulate the population dynamics of H. armigera over a wide area in northern China. The area considered covers...
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Collateral Damage Cotton crops that have been bioengineered to express the insecticidal toxin derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) carry their own insect control, particularly against the cotton bollworm, and are less dependent on externally applied pesticides. Lu et al. (p. 1151 , published online 13 April) now show that reduction in general p...
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Transgenic cotton expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry1Ac toxin has been commercially cultivated in China since 1997, and by 2000 Bt cotton had almost completely replaced non-transgenic cotton cultivars. To evaluate the impact of Bt cotton planting on the seasonal population patterns of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, the dynamics...
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It is generally accepted that in most insects adults are sexually immature when they initiate migration and that migratory behaviour terminates with the onset of sexual maturation. However, a few studies examining the mating status of field collected moths have suggested that sexually mature individuals may continue migrating, but in these cases it...
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The seasonal migration of the Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) over the Bohai Sea was observed with a searchlight trap and an entomological radar located on a small island in the center of the sea, and through a network of light-traps around the Bohai region. The H. armigera moths were observed to migrate over the sea at least...
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Transgenic cotton that has been engineered to produce insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and so to resist the pest cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) has been widely planted in Asia. Analysis of the population dynamics of H. armigera from 1992 to 2007 in China indicated that a marked decrease in regional outbreaks of this pest...
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The autumn migration of Mythimna separata (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) across the Bohai Sea was observed with a scanning entomological radar and a searchlight trap at Beihuang, an island located in the center of the Bohai Gulf of northern China, in 2003-2006. During the autumn migration, M. separata flew at the altitudes of 50-500 m, with a di...
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The autumn migration of Mythimna separata (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) across the Bohai Sea was observed with a scanning entomological radar and a searchlight trap at Beihuang, an island located in the center of the Bohai Gulf of northern China, in 2003–2006. During the autumn migration, M. separata flew at the altitudes of 50–500 m, with a di...
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Only recently, due to a major reduction of broad-spectrum insecticide use in transgenic (Bt) cotton in China, plant bugs (Heteroptera: Miridae) have emerged as key pests of this crop. To determine their species composition and seasonal activity at various locations nationwide, field surveys were carried out between 2002 and 2006, using sweep-net sa...
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The effects of diverse host plants on the development, survival and fecundity of the cotton mirid Adelphocoris suturalis Jakovlev (Hemiptera: Miridae)was evaluated using life table methods. A. suturalis was reared on kidney bean, soybean, cowpea, alfalfa, transgenic Bt cotton 99B and non-transgenic cotton Shiyuan 321 in the laboratory with natural...
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1 A network of light-traps, an aerial net carried by kytoon (balloon) and two entomological radars were used to investigate whether ground beetles migrate nocturnally through China. The network-wide, simultaneous sudden increase in light trap catches, and after subsequent decrease, indicated a seasonal long-distance night migration of ground beetle...