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| R W MankinSummaryAffiliation: Agricultural Research Service Country: USA Publications
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Acoustic indicators for targeted detection of stored product and urban insect pests by inexpensive infrared, acoustic, and vibrational detection of movementR W Mankin
USDA ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
J Econ Entomol 103:1636-46. 2010..1 mg or larger, in environments where servicing of traps is difficult or when timeliness of trapping information is important...
Acoustic detection of Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) and Nasutitermes luzonicus (Isoptera: Termitidae) in palm trees in urban GuamR W Mankin
USDA ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
J Econ Entomol 103:1135-43. 2010..The distinctiveness of the O. rhinoceros sounds enables current usage of acoustic detection as a tactic in Guam's ongoing O. rhinoceros eradication program...
Acoustic detection of melolonthine larvae in Australian sugarcaneR W Mankin
USDA ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
J Econ Entomol 102:1523-35. 2009..In intermediate populations, it might be necessary to collect up to 20 samples to achieve desired precision, and acoustic methods could help determine which samples would be best to excavate...
Detection of Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) larvae in different host trees and tissues by automated analyses of sound-impulse frequency and temporal patternsR W Mankin
USDA ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
J Econ Entomol 101:838-49. 2008..Bursts and other features of sounds that are identifiable by automated techniques may ultimately lead to improved pest detection applications and new insight into pest behavior...
Broadcasts of wing-fanning vibrations recorded from calling male Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) increase captures of females in trapsR W Mankin
USDA-ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
J Econ Entomol 97:1299-309. 2004..However, the findings of this study do justify further testing of whether optimized short-range acoustic signals could be used to augment longer range pheromonal and visual cues to improve the efficacy of female-selective traps...
Geophone detection of subterranean termite and ant activityR W Mankin
USDA-ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
J Econ Entomol 99:244-50. 2006..The low cost of multiple-geophone systems may facilitate development of future applications for wide-area subterranean insect monitoring in quiet environments...
Microwave radar detection of stored-product insectsR W Mankin
USDA-ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
J Econ Entomol 97:1168-73. 2004..The radar system has potential applications in management programs where rapid, nondestructive targeting of incipient insect infestations would be of benefit to the producers and consumers of packaged foods...
Acoustic detection of termite infestations in urban treesR W Mankin
Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, USDA ARS, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
J Econ Entomol 95:981-8. 2002....
Acoustic surveying of subterranean insect populations in citrus grovesR W Mankin
USDA ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
J Econ Entomol 94:853-9. 2001..Although the system is at an early stage of development, the success of these field tests suggests that it has considerable potential as a tool to detect and monitor hidden infestations of insects in soil...
Applications and mechanisms of wax-based semiochemical dispenser technology for disruption of grape root borer matingW R Sanders
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
J Econ Entomol 104:939-46. 2011..blend [95% (E,Z)-2,13-ODDA:5% (E,Z)-3,13-octadecadien-1-ol] or with (E,Z)-2,13-ODDA alone than with the V. polistiformis blend at lower rates...
Acoustic indicators for mapping infestation probabilities of soil invertebratesR W Mankin
Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA
J Econ Entomol 100:790-800. 2007..An example is presented of the relative efficiency of acoustic surveys for targeting of white grub treatments...
