Radiation biology of the greater wax moth : inherited sterility and potential for pest control /

Issued Nov. 1976.

Aqua ammonia's economic potential as a preservative for stored high-moisture corn /

Caption title.

Establishing and operating grower-owned organizations for integrated pest management /

Includes appendix.

Crop pest notice.

Mode of access: Internet.

Household and stored-food insects of public health importance and their control /

Earlier ed. by H. G. Scott.

Structural pest control act of California.

1945-1968 include Rules and regulations of the Structural Pest Control Board (varies slightly).

A study of federally financed research on pests, pesticides and pest control.

Cover title.

Wildlife and America : contributions to an understanding of American wildlife and its conservation /

Cosponsored by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Bunker Bean,

Mode of access: Internet.

The Bean-bag and pea journal

Mode of access: Internet.

Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility as a means for insect pest population control

Biological control is the purposeful introduction of parasites, predators, and pathogens to reduce or suppress pest populations. Wolbachia are inherited bacteria of arthropods that have recently attracted attention for their potential as new biocontrol agents. Wolbachia manipulate host reproduction by using several strategies, one of which is cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) [Stouthamer, R., Breeuwer, J. A. J. & Hurst, G. D. D. (1999) Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 53,71-102]. We established Wolbachia-infected lines of the medfly Ceratitis capitata using the infected cherry fruit fly Rhagoletis cerasi as donor. Wolbachia induced complete CI in the novel host. Laboratory cage populations were completely suppressed by single releases of infected males, suggesting that Wolbachia-induced CI could be used as a novel environmentally friendly tool for the control of medfly populations. The results also encourage the introduction of Wolbachia into pest and vector species of economic and hygenic relevance to suppress or modify natural populations.