Guignard, Quentin; Bouwer, Marc Clement; Slippers, Bernard; Allison, Jeremy D.(Public Library of Science, 2020-12-31)
A putative male-produced pheromone has recently been described for the global pest of
pines, Sirex noctilio, but field-activity has not been demonstrated. This study aimed to investigate
the pheromone biology of S. ...
Bouwer, Marc Clement; MacQuarrie, C.J.K. (Chris); Aguirre-Gil, O.J. (Oniel); Slippers, Bernard; Allison, Jeremy D.(Springer, 2020-06)
Studies have demonstrated that semiochemical-baited intercept traps differ in their performance for sampling insects, but we have an incomplete understanding of how and why intercept trap design effects vary among insects. ...
Scheepers, Luki-Marie; Allison, Jeremy D.; Bouwer, Marc Clement; Rohwer, Egmont Richard; Slippers, Bernard(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2020)
For the large family Curculionidae, the number of species considered pests is expected to increase due to global movement of plant and soil material, as well as climate change. Pheromones are increasingly popular for use ...
Scheepers, Luki-Marie; Allison, Jeremy D.; Slippers, Bernard; Rohwer, Egmont R.; McMillan, Patrick M.; Bello, Jan E.; Bouwer, Marc C.(Entomological Society of Southern Africa (ESSA)., 2023-02-24)
Nudaurelia spp. (Saturniidae) are sporadic pests of pine plantations in South Africa. Taxonomic uncertainty exists in South Africa with this group and represents an impediment to the development and implementation ...
