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Niang, El Hadji Amadou, Hubert Bassene, Florence Fenollar, and Oleg Mediannikov. "Biological Control of Mosquito-Borne Diseases: The Potential ofWolbachia-Based Interventions in an IVM Framework." Journal of Tropical Medicine 2018 (November 15, 2018): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1470459.

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People living in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world face an enormous health burden due to mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, and filariasis. Historically and today, targeting mosquito vectors with, primarily, insecticide-based control strategies have been a key control strategy against major mosquito-borne diseases. However, the success to date of such approaches is under threat from multiple insecticide resistance mechanisms while vector control (VC) options are still limited. The situation therefore requires the development of innovative control measures against major mosquito-borne diseases. Transinfecting mosquitos with symbiotic bacteria that can compete with targeted pathogens or manipulate host biology to reduce their vectorial capacity are a promising and innovative biological control approach. In this review, we discuss the current state of knowledge about the association between mosquitoes andWolbachia, emphasizing the limitations of different mosquito control strategies and the use of mosquitoes’ commensal microbiota as innovative approaches to control mosquito-borne diseases.
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Wartono, Wartono, Mohammad Soleh, and Yuslenita Muda. "MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF DENGUE CONTROL WITH CONTROL OF MOSQUITO LARVAE AND MOSQUITO AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE." BAREKENG: Jurnal Ilmu Matematika dan Terapan 15, no. 3 (September 1, 2021): 417–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.30598/barekengvol15iss3pp417-426.

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Consider a SIR model for the spread of dengue hemorrhagic fever involving three populations, mosquito eggs, mosquitoes, and humans. The parameters of the SIR model were estimated using rainfall data and air temperature for the cities of Pekanbaru and Solok. The main aim of this paper is to determine the effect of mosquito larvae and adult mosquito control on the spread of the dengue virus. Numerical solutions were also presented by using the Runge-Kutta method of order 4. Based on the results, the SIR model was obtained by involving the control parameters of mosquito larvae and adult mosquitoes. Besides, the mosquito population is affected by changes in temperature, rainfall, and fog. Numerical simulations illustrate that the number of infected mosquitoes and infected humans is influenced by the parameters of the percentage of mortality of mosquito larvae and adult mosquitoes.
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Gupta, Renu. "Role of Pyrethroid-elicited Mosquito Behaviour in Control Programmes." Journal of Communicable Diseases 54, no. 03 (September 30, 2022): 88–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.24321/0019.5138.202293.

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This review study envisages the role of insecticide-elicited mosquito behaviour for disease eradication programmes. Changes in behaviour due to insecticides may, at times, be of more practical importance than the actual lethal effect of the insecticide, especially if these changes help to disrupt the contact between man and mosquito. Two important aspects of mosquito behaviour, either repellency or irritability and biting patterns in response to insecticide exposure have been taken into consideration. This paper throws light on the significance of two synthetic pyrethroids, permethrin and deltamethrin, when impregnated into mosquito nets for self-protection and vector control. The determination of any changes with respect to behaviour of mosquitoes, before and after the introduction of bed nets is reflected in the potential of the mosquitoes to transmit diseases and can be of great epidemiological significance in mosquito abatement programmes.
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Lei, Bingyin, Kaiye Gao, Li Yang, and Shu Fang. "A Model of Optimal Interval for Anti-Mosquito Campaign Based on Stochastic Process." Mathematics 10, no. 3 (January 29, 2022): 440. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/math10030440.

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Mosquito control is very important, in particular, for tropical countries. The purpose of mosquito control is to decrease the number of mosquitos such that the mosquitos transmitted diseases can be reduced. However, mosquito control can be costly, thus there is a trade-off between the cost for mosquito control and the cost for mosquitos transmitted diseases. A model is proposed based on renewal theory in this paper to describe the process of mosquitos’ growth, with consideration of the mosquitos transmitted diseases growth process and the corresponding diseases treatment cost. Through this model, the total mosquitos control cost of different strategies can be estimated. The optimal mosquito control strategy that minimizes the expected total cost is studied. A numerical example and corresponding sensitivity analyses are proposed to illustrate the applications.
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Hareem Sajjad and Neelam Arif. "Biological Control of Mosquito Vectors." Scientific Inquiry and Review 3, no. 1 (January 31, 2019): 25–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.32350/sir.31.03.

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The main purpose of this review paper is to study different biological control methods for controlling mosquito vectors. Mosquitoes act as vector for many harmful diseases including malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, filarial, encephalitis, chikungunya, dengue and poly arthritis. The use of chemical insecticides for controlling mosquitoes is limited because they develop resistance against these insecticides. So, efforts have been made to control the mosquito vectors by eco-friendly techniques. At present, biocontrol agents are used to control the mosquito species with the aim to reduce the impact and cost of insecticide based strategies. These biocontrol agents involve the use of natural enemies including bacteria, fungi, larvivorous fish, protozoans and nematodes. These agents target mosquitoes at different stages of their life cycle. In this paper, we focus on several bio-controlling methods used to reduce the population of mosquito vectors.
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Kim, Kyukwang, Jieum Hyun, Hyeongkeun Kim, Hwijoon Lim, and Hyun Myung. "A Deep Learning-Based Automatic Mosquito Sensing and Control System for Urban Mosquito Habitats." Sensors 19, no. 12 (June 21, 2019): 2785. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19122785.

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Mosquito control is important as mosquitoes are extremely harmful pests that spread various infectious diseases. In this research, we present the preliminary results of an automated system that detects the presence of mosquitoes via image processing using multiple deep learning networks. The Fully Convolutional Network (FCN) and neural network-based regression demonstrated an accuracy of 84%. Meanwhile, the single image classifier demonstrated an accuracy of only 52%. The overall processing time also decreased from 4.64 to 2.47 s compared to the conventional classifying network. After detection, a larvicide made from toxic protein crystals of the Bacillus thuringiensis serotype israelensis bacteria was injected into static water to stop the proliferation of mosquitoes. This system demonstrates a higher efficiency than hunting adult mosquitos while avoiding damage to other insects.
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Madhav, Mukund, Kim R. Blasdell, Brendan Trewin, Prasad N. Paradkar, and Adam J. López-Denman. "Culex-Transmitted Diseases: Mechanisms, Impact, and Future Control Strategies using Wolbachia." Viruses 16, no. 7 (July 15, 2024): 1134. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v16071134.

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Mosquitoes of the Culex genus are responsible for a large burden of zoonotic virus transmission globally. Collectively, they play a significant role in the transmission of medically significant diseases such as Japanese encephalitis virus and West Nile virus. Climate change, global trade, habitat transformation and increased urbanisation are leading to the establishment of Culex mosquitoes in new geographical regions. These novel mosquito incursions are intensifying concerns about the emergence of Culex-transmitted diseases and outbreaks in previously unaffected areas. New mosquito control methods are currently being developed and deployed globally. Understanding the complex interaction between pathogens and mosquitoes is essential for developing new control strategies for Culex species mosquitoes. This article reviews the role of Culex mosquitos as vectors of zoonotic disease, discussing the transmission of viruses across different species, and the potential use of Wolbachia technologies to control disease spread. By leveraging the insights gained from recent successful field trials of Wolbachia against Aedes-borne diseases, we comprehensively discuss the feasibility of using this technique to control Culex mosquitoes and the potential for the development of next generational Wolbachia-based control methods.
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Kalan, Katja, Jana Šušnjar, Jure Jugovic, and Vladimir Ivović. "Pilot Study of Invasive Mosquito Species Control in Selected Slovenian Municipalities." Acta Veterinaria 72, no. 2 (June 1, 2022): 256–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/acve-2022-0020.

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Abstract To reduce the population of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) (Diptera: Culicidae), a mosquito control campaign was organized by five Slovenian municipalities in 2020. The campaign focused on the application of Aquatain AMFTM in public water containers. The main objective of our study was to test the efficacy of the agent by directly testing the water drains for mosquito larvae and monitoring the density of the mosquito population. The drains were inspected before and after the application of the product from May to September. A water sample was taken from the drains using a dipper. For mosquito monitoring, the number of mosquito eggs and adult mosquitoes was counted from June to October. Up to two weeks after the application of the product, we observed the lethal effect of Aquatain on mosquito larvae, pupae and adult mosquitoes. After rainfall, the product was washed away and the live mosquitoes were sampled in the inspected water drains. The average number of eggs collected per site was twice as high in the area without mosquito control as in the threated locations. Nevertheless, we assessed the mosquito control campaign as partially successful, as mosquito abundance was still high in the locations with mosquito control. However, we believe that this is a good starting point and that mosquito control should be continued in the future together with the citizen education campaign.
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Cloherty, Erin R., Janet C. Mcallister, James A. Ottea, Kristen Healy, and Claudia Riegel. "A Survey on Mosquito Control Knowledge and Insecticide Use in New Orleans, La, 2020–2021." Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 39, no. 4 (December 1, 2023): 243–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2987/23-7123.

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ABSTRACT Mosquitoes are a known public nuisance and can vector various diseases. Historically, New Orleans, LA, has long been acquainted with the burden of mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria and yellow fever in the 20th century and West Nile virus in the 21st century. Government mosquito control awareness campaigns have been around for decades as has the use of organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides by mosquito abatement districts. However, few data are available on public perception of mosquito control and public usage of insecticides to kill mosquitoes in New Orleans. We conducted a survey from August 2020 to July 2021 to evaluate New Orleans residents’ 1) general knowledge regarding mosquito control and 2) what measures and products they use to control mosquitoes. The aim of this survey was to determine how residents contribute to backyard mosquito control by do-it-yourself or professional applications of insecticides. The survey was disseminated both online and via mail. Of the 396 survey participants, nearly all (99.48%) agreed that mosquito control is important in New Orleans because it prevents mosquito bites (30.85%), prevents mosquito borne-diseases (38.51%), and prevents nuisance mosquitoes (29.17%). More than one-third (35%) of survey participants indicated that they empty containers to reduce adult mosquitoes on their own property. More than two-thirds of the participants (69.95%) would not hire a pest management professional to spray their yard for adult mosquitoes, and only 20% of survey participants do apply a pesticide to kill adult mosquitoes on their own property. None of our findings were associated with the level of education, gender, or age of participants. This study suggests that the City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board educational and outreach campaigns may be an effective tool in spreading mosquito control awareness and contribute to residents’ knowledge of mosquito control. The data we collected indicate that residents understand what mosquito control is and why it is important in New Orleans.
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Yagoo, Alex, M. C. John Milton, and Jelin Vilvest. "Investigating the Insecticidal Properties of Alangium salviifolium Root Extracts on Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoe." Biology, Medicine, & Natural Product Chemistry 12, no. 2 (December 28, 2023): 619–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/biomedich.2023.122.619-624.

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This study evaluated the effectiveness of successive hexane, chloroform, and methanol extracts of Alangium salviifolium roots in combating mosquito-borne diseases caused by Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoe in India. The hexane extract showed the highest efficacy with LC50 values of 105.0 ppm (larvicidal activity), 108.0 ppm (pupicidal activity), and 65.6 ppm (ovicidal activity). The chloroform extract had LC50 values of 156.8 ppm (larvicidal), 376.0 ppm (pupicidal), and 20.0 ppm (ovicidal), while the methanol extract had LC50 values of 235.7 ppm (larvicidal), 441.8 ppm (pupicidal), and 30.4 ppm (ovicidal). The hexane extract of A. salviifolium roots shows potential as a mosquito control agent, specifically against Cx. quinquefasciatus mosquitoes. Further studies are needed to assess the safety and effectiveness of this extract. This research highlights the potential of plant extracts as alternative mosquito control agents for mitigating mosquito-borne diseases in India.
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Evans, Peter J. "Community knowledge, attitudes and practices - urban mosquitoes and sustainable mosquito control." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241460.

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Greenfield, Bethany Patricia Jane. "Metarhizium pathogenesis of mosquito larvae." Thesis, Swansea University, 2014. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa42819.

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ROSSI, PAOLO. "Bacterial symbiosis in mosquitoes: from basic research to mosquito borne diseases control." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Camerino, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11581/401854.

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Luxananil, Plearnpis. "Studies on mosquito bio-control bacteria." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/147673.

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Bandzuh, John Thomas IV. "Perceptions of measures to control Aedes mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases in Costa Rica." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/81449.

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Aedes mosquitoes are responsible for the transmission of several arboviruses throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In the Americas, Aedes aegypti is the most competent vector of dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and yellow fever. With up to 400 million cases globally each year, dengue fever is the fastest growing vector-borne disease in the world, and it has become an increasingly significant risk to global health. In the Western Hemisphere, dengue, and more recently chikungunya and Zika, exists throughout much of Latin America and the Caribbean. Both diseases are spread via Aedes mosquitoes and both constitute major health risks in Costa Rica. A dengue outbreak in Costa Rica in 2013 was the largest epidemic in the country since the return of the disease in 1993. Moreover, between 2014 and 2015 there was a 54.9% increase in dengue cases in Costa Rica, further demonstrating the relevancy of research on mosquito-borne diseases. Given this context, this study employs qualitative methods to critically investigate measures to combat Aedes mosquito-borne diseases in Costa Rica. Data were collected using household interviews (n = 80); semi-structured key informant interviews with public health officials, researchers, nonprofit organizations, and community leaders (n = 22); and a focus group discussion in each of two study areas. The results provide broad and place-specific information about mosquito control efforts and other actions deployed in Costa Rica to mitigate mosquito-borne diseases. The data reveal differences in perceptions and disease incidence among household interviewees as well as where households source information about mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases. Varying degrees of knowledge on mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases were uncovered across the study sites, as were differing attitudes among the general population regarding mosquito control techniques (e.g., fumigation, education campaigns, and household visits by public health officials). Additionally, data indicated a gap in knowledge regarding the ability of the public to report mosquito-related problems to health authorities. Households also exhibited discrepancies in knowledge pertaining to chikungunya transmission and details about the vector.
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Conway, Michael. "Improving transgenic approaches to mosquito population control." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:44ba0b39-cded-4e96-a796-570affd53de0.

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The disease vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are serious and growing threats to global health. As vectors of the arboviruses dengue fever and chikungunya, these mosquitoes are responsible for hundreds of millions of cases and thousands of deaths each year. Absent specific treatments or vaccines, effective control of mosquito populations remains the only option for tackling a growing public health challenge. More effective control tools are urgently needed. Recently, a novel approach to pest population control has been developed based on the release of insects carrying a repressible, dominant lethal allele. This approach has achieved dramatic reductions in Ae. aegypti populations in regulated open field experiments. Despite this success, there remains scope to improve upon the current technology. It is proposed that an 'ideal' strain would combine the following features: (i) repressible lethality in late juvenile phases; (ii) a mechanism for removing females at an early developmental stage in the release generation; and (iii) orthogonal expression control mechanisms allowing both these systems to be combined in a single strain. This thesis describes research undertaken in pursuit of a 'next generation' strain. Two novel promoters from putative Osiris genes have been identified which confer a 102-103 – fold up-regulation in transgene expression specific to late pupal stages. One of these 'Osiris' promoters has been used to develop transgenic Aedes aegypti strains. 5 lines showed pupal-specific lethality of 98-100% penetrance, which was repressed in the presence of tetracycline. An Ae. albopictus orthologue of the sex-determining gene doublesex (dsx) has been isolated and characterised and a female-specific expression system developed. Transgenic lines show female-specific expression of a transgene; however, there remains some 'leaky' expression in male insects. Finally, a potential expression control tool based on an auxin-inducible expression system has been investigated. 11 different transgenic lines were developed based on three different construct designs. None showed auxin-inducible expression of a transgene.
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Griffin, Lachlan Francis. "Fish as Mosquito Control Agents in Mangroves." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367242.

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The saltwater mosquito, Aedes vigilax (Skuse), is a major vector of Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus across sub-tropical and tropical Australia, and poses a significant human health risk, particularly in densely populated areas such as South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales regions of eastern Australia. The insect uses saltmarsh and mangrove basin forests as oviposition and larval habitats, and various mosquito control methods exist that target larval stages. Fish, acting as predators of larvae, have routinely been used as a component of mosquito control strategies worldwide. If managed appropriately biological control using fish can be effective, but if mismanaged, biological control can have serious environmental consequences. For example, the release of the Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki (Girard)) for mosquito control in Australian waterways has caused significant ecological damage; G. holbrooki is now a major invasive pest. Nonetheless, mosquito control strategies that include the use of native fish populations in the strategy may be more effective for controlling mosquitoes in mangrove basins than those that do not include native fish. However, little is known of fish populations (both exotic and native) within mangrove basins, and the impact these fish do, and could have on mosquito populations. This research examines the relationship between resident fish and saltwater mosquitoes in eastern Australian mangrove basin forests. It focussed specifically on two mangrove basin sites in the South East Queensland/Northern New South Wales region, and evaluates the potential of resident mangrove basin fish as biological control agents in mangrove ecosystems.
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Persson, Vinnersten Thomas. "Long Term Studies of Insect Abundances in Temporary Wetlands in Relation to Hydrology, Predation and Bti." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Zooekologi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-207841.

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Long-term insect abundances have been studied to investigate factors structuring the insect communities of the temporary wetlands around the River Dalälven floodplain. In the wet meadows and swamps in the River Dalälven floodplains recurrent floods are the ultimate prerequisite for high production of floodwater mosquitoes. In the larval stages these make up a superabundant potential prey for aquatic predatory insects while as adults they become nuisance for people and animals. Mosquito control with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) has been carried out in parts of the floodplain wetlands since 2002. This study investigate potential long-term effects of Bti on non-target insects in general, and non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) and aquatic predator insects in special in 10 temporary wetlands. Diving-beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) were the most common aquatic predatory insects in temporary flooded wetlands, and we found no indications that diving-beetles were negatively affected by mosquito larvae reduction with Bti-treatments. Non-target Bti-effects on the insect community in general, measured as increase or decrease of insect abundances, in general showed no effects of Bti except for Coleoptera. The non-biting midges were studied on species level, since this taxon previously has been associated with negative Bti non-target effects in the short-term. We found no reduced production of chironomids at neither family, nor subfamily level in Bti-treated as compared to untreated wetlands. We conclude that other factors than the occasional Bti-treatments dominate in structuring the chironomids fauna. For example, hydrology measured as floods and hydroperiod had substantial impact on insect emergence Increased hydroperiod was associated with lower insect emergence for the majority of the studied taxa, indicating an insect fauna adapted more to terrestrial conditions. In the final study, we developed and applied a molecular method to study interspecific predator – prey relationships between medium-sized diving beetles and floodwater mosquito larvae. Gut content analyses showed that floodwater mosquito larvae are a regular, but limited, part of the diet of medium-sized diving beetles. This thesis is one of the first long-term studies of insects of temporary wetlands in relation to mosquito control actions. The results indicate that hydrology is one of the major factors influencing and structuring the insect communities of the temporary flooded wetlands in the River Dalälven floodplains, and that mosquito control actions with Bti only have marginal effect on insect abundances.
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Lambert, Ben. "Understanding mosquito vectors and methods for their control." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2ae215f9-b03a-4ef1-b892-252634f89cef.

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Mosquitoes spread diseases that shorten and worsen the lives of many people, chiefly children in poor countries, around the world. Since Ronald Ross' discovery at the end of the nineteenth century that mosquitoes transmit malaria, field entomologists have collected a great deal of information about mosquito ecology. Despite this tremendous effort, there still remain significant gaps in our knowledge of mosquito ecology, in part, reflecting the significant variation in mosquito ecology across species and geographies. The main aim of this thesis is an attempt to synthesise the substantial information that field entomologists have collected on mosquito lifespan. In Chapters 2 and 3, I conduct meta-analyses of the two predominant approaches used to estimate mosquito lifespan: mark-release-recapture experiments and female mosquito dissection-based studies, respectively. These analyses produce estimates of mosquito lifespan by species and genus, and more broadly, allow for an appraisal of these two experimental approaches. In Chapter 4, I describe a recently developed approach, known as near-infrared spectroscopy, which enables estimation of the age of individual mosquitoes, and then perform an in silico analysis to explore the use of this technology for estimating the average lifespan of wild populations of mosquitoes. The emergence of mosquito resistance to the main insecticides used in vector control, along with the concerning recent discovery that the malaria parasites in Asia are becoming resistant to arteminisin - an important drug used to treat malaria - highlight the need for novel approaches to control disease transmission. Some recently-proposed approaches involve genetic modification of the mosquito vectors, for example, to render them incapable of acting as hosts for disease or to reduce their fecundity. In Chapter 5, I model the impact of a release of mosquitoes carrying a genetic construct known as a homing endonuclease, which has been constructed to bias the sex of mosquito offspring towards males, in computational environments that capture some facets of the real life landscapes where mosquito borne disease is rife. About a century ago, the famous Italian Malariologist Giovanni Grassi declared that malaria was a "giant with clay feet"; reflecting the optimism, in some academic circles at the time, that eradication of this terrible disease would soon occur. Unfortunately, a century of often unsuccessful attempts to control and eradicate malaria, and other mosquito borne diseases, would follow Grassi's statement, meaning that this fight is likely to continue throughout the twenty-first century. We now know much more about mosquitoes and mosquito borne disease than we did a generation ago, but there is still crucial information that we do not. In this thesis, I argue that in order to make significant inroads to disease eradication, further research on mosquito ecology is crucial. Only when we better understand our unwitting mosquito foe, can we design and implement effective disease control measures that are so desperately needed in those most desperate parts of the world.
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Eckert, Lesley. "Permethrin for Mosquito Control: Drinking Water Impacts and Treatment." Digital WPI, 2013. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/1118.

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"The goals of this study were (1) to evaluate the impacts of pesticides used for mosquito control on drinking water and (2) to investigate the removal of permethrin from water using activated carbon. A review of current literature on pesticide usage, toxicity, occurrence in the environment, and treatment techniques to remove pesticides from drinking water was conducted. The focus of the literature review was on pesticides used for mosquito control. Permethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide used extensively in the United States (US) for mosquito control and in agriculture, with approximately 2 million pounds applied each year. Permethrin was selected for investigation based on its widespread use in the US, its inclusion on the Contaminant Candidate List 3 (CCL3), its health hazards, and the lack of previous research on the removal of permethrin from drinking water. The removal of permethrin from water using powdered activated carbon (PAC) was investigated. Equilibrium adsorption experiments to assess removal of cis-, trans-, and total permethrin were conducted using two types of PAC (WPH 650 and WPH 1000). Initial total permethrin concentrations ranged from 2.0 to 4.6 ug/L. PAC doses ranged from 0.0 to 10 mg/L. Results showed that PAC addition is an effective method for removing permethrin from water. Total permethrin concentrations were reduced by 38% with 0.05 mg/L of PAC WPH 650, and reduced to below the detection limit with 3 mg/L of PAC WPH 650. Total permethrin concentrations were reduced by 35% with 0.05 mg/L of PAC WPH 1000 and by 83% with 5 mg/L of PAC WPH 1000. Results for cis- and trans- permethrin were similar. The Freundlich isotherm model provided appropriate fits to the data with an R-squared value of 0.91 for both WPH 650 and WPH 1000."
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Books on the topic "Mosquito control"

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H, Suzuki, ed. Report on a short term evaluation of ULV spray against anopheles faranti. Honiara, Solomon Islands: Ministry of Healt[h] and Medical Services, 1988.

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Division, Montana Environmental Management. Mosquito control training manual. Helena, Mont: The Division, 1986.

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Antonelli, Arthur L. Mosquito prevention and control. Pullman: Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture & Home Eocnomics, Washington State University, 1991.

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W, Miles James, and Laird M. 1923-, eds. Integrated mosquito control methodologies. London: Academic, 1985.

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Minnesota. Legislature. Office of the Legislative Auditor. Program Evaluation Division., ed. Metropolitan Mosquito Control District: A program evaluation report. Saint Paul, MN: Program Evaluation Division, Office of the Legislative Auditor, State of Minnesota, 1999.

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Washington (State). Dept. of Ecology. Water Quality Program., ed. Mosquito control methods to be revised. Olympia, WA: Washington State Dept. of Ecology, 2003.

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K, Das P. Urban mosquito control and civic bodies. Pondicherry: Vector Control Research Centre, 1989.

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Washington (State). Dept. of Ecology. Water Quality Program. and Washington (State). Dept. of Ecology., eds. Best management practices for mosquito control. Olympia, WA: Washington State Dept. of Ecology, 2004.

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Washington (State). Dept. of Ecology. Water Quality Program., ed. Best management practices for mosquito control. Olympia, WA: The Dept., 2004.

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Moore, Chester G. Mosquitoes of public health importance and their control. Atlanta, Ga: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Practice Program Office, 1993.

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Book chapters on the topic "Mosquito control"

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Becker, Norbert. "Mosquito Control." In Encyclopedia of Parasitology, 1–15. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_2012-2.

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Becker, Norbert. "Mosquito Control." In Encyclopedia of Parasitology, 1685–99. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_2012.

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Dusfour, Isabelle, and Sarah C. Chaney. "Mosquito control." In Mosquitopia, 213–33. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003056034-19.

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Becker, Norbert, Dušan Petrić, Clive Boase, John Lane, Marija Zgomba, Christine Dahl, and Achim Kaiser. "Mosquito Research." In Mosquitoes and Their Control, 41–56. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5897-9_5.

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Bennett, Priscilla. "Reinventing mosquito control." In Locating Zika, 195–213. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2020. |: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429456558-9.

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Becker, Norbert, Dušan Petrić, Marija Zgomba, Clive Boase, Minoo Madon, Christine Dahl, and Achim Kaiser. "Mosquito Research Techniques." In Mosquitoes and Their Control, 43–61. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92874-4_4.

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Mehlhorn, Heinz. "Biological Mosquito Larval Control." In Encyclopedia of Parasitology, 328. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_3744.

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Mehlhorn, Heinz. "Biological Mosquito Larval Control." In Encyclopedia of Parasitology, 1. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_3744-1.

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Zawarus, Phillip. "Green Infrastructure for Mosquito Control." In Architectural Factors for Infection and Disease Control, 109–25. New York: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003214502-9.

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Basilico, Nicoletta, Roberta Spaccapelo, and Sarah D’Alessandro. "Malaria Diagnosis, Therapy, Vaccines, and Vector Control." In Human and Mosquito Lysozymes, 19–43. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09432-8_2.

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Conference papers on the topic "Mosquito control"

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Rogers, Adriane N. "Mosquito control program in Florida." In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ice.2016.93393.

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Favia, Guido. "The mosquito microbiota: Implications in the control of mosquito-borne diseases." In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ice.2016.107115.

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Dilly, Jaqueline, and Luis Henrique Alves Cândido. "Device design for Aedes aegypti mosquito control in urban environments." In ENSUS2023 - XI Encontro de Sustentabilidade em Projeto. Grupo de Pesquisa Virtuhab/UFSC, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.29183/2596-237x.ensus2023.v11.n3.p435-444.

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A transdisciplinary research requires a broad view to contemplate the best possibilities for product development. Thinking about the Selection of Materials, relating Structure – Property – Manufacturing Processes, Application and Sustainability, this study developed devices to verify the volatilization and release of citronella essential oil microencapsulated in carnauba wax. The devices for analyzing the microcapsules were developed for use in oviposition bioassays, using mosquitoes as sensors for detecting essential oil volatilization, with the aim of facilitating the qualitative analysis of materials in the control of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The analyzes carried out with the devices showed satisfactory results, it was possible to indicate the volatilization of the essential oil of the microcapsules using the mosquitoes as sensors. Through the devices created, it was also possible to verify a deterrent effect on oviposition for a period of 48 hours.
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Strand, Michael R. "Mosquito natural enemies and biological control." In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ice.2016.93299.

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Milton E. Teske, Harold W. Thistle, Mark Latham, and William H. Reynolds. "Application Optimization for Mosquito Vector Control." In 2004, Ottawa, Canada August 1 - 4, 2004. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/2013.17109.

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Papathanos, Philippos A. "Engineering invasive Y chromosomes for mosquito control." In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ice.2016.94868.

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Clauson, James. "Barrier spraying for mosquito control (Diptera: Culicidae)." In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ice.2016.105556.

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Fonseca, Vinicius L. N., Fagner Cunha, Larissa Andrade, Juan G. Colonna, and David De Yong. "Classification of Tropical Disease-carrying Mosquitoes Using Deep Learning and SHAP." In Simpósio Brasileiro de Computação Aplicada à Saúde. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação - SBC, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5753/sbcas.2023.229406.

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In this paper, we present a novel technique for identifying mosquitoes that carry tropical diseases using Deep Learning and SHAP for model interpretability. We propose an end-to-end deep (E2E) Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architecture that leverages mosquito wingbeat sounds to extract relevant features. To achieve high-performance audio processing, we integrate Kapre, an audio processing library optimized for GPU execution. Our approach also incorporates SHAP to provide a transparent explanation of the model’s predictions, enabling us to identify and characterize the time-frequency patterns that the model emphasizes. Ultimately, our research aims to support disease control initiatives by providing an automated means of identifying disease-carrying mosquito species, which has the potential to improve public health in tropical regions.
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Strickman, Daniel A. "Innovation: The hall of mirrors in mosquito control." In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ice.2016.93071.

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Mittal, Manisha, Mahender Singh, Prachi Dewan, and Prabhmeet Singh. "A Dual-Action Approach to Mosquito Control: Harnessing Mosquitoes Affinity for Light with Metofluthrin’s Lethality." In 2024 11th International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom). IEEE, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/indiacom61295.2024.10498534.

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Reports on the topic "Mosquito control"

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Ricardo M. Souza, Ricardo M. Souza. Biological control of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Experiment, November 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18258/10292.

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Anders, Katie. New tools needed to control the spread of mosquito-borne disease. Monash University, April 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54377/8fc0-e89d.

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Ciapponi, Agustín. Do multi-component community-based interventions improve dengue vector control? SUPPORT, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.30846/170507.

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Dengue is an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes. Dengue has dramatic negative impacts on health, the environment and the economy, particulary in the tropics. The use of community-based dengue control programmes has increased in the last few decades in order to address this major public health problem.
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Morin, S., L. L. Walling, Peter W. Atkinson, J. Li, and B. E. Tabashnik. ets for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene drive in Bemisia tabaci. Israel: United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2021.8134170.bard.

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The goal of our BARD proposal was to build both the necessary infrastructure and knowledge for using the CRISPR/Cas9-based gene drive system to control the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Our research focused on achieving three main goals: (1) establishing a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system for producing genetically-edited B. tabaci; (2) generating and testing CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutations targeting genes that represent two gene drive strategies: population replacement and population suppression; (3) using computer modeling to optimize strategies for applying CRISPR/Cas9 to control B. tabaci populations in the field. CRISPR gene drive is one of the most promising strategies for diminishing the negative impacts of harmful insects. This technique can introduce mutations into wild populations of pests that reduce their ability to cause damage, reduce their population size, or both. In principle, this can be selfsustaining because mutations carried by relatively few insects can increase in frequency and spread quickly throughout wild populations. Because of this sustainability and the potential benefits to society, agricultural gene-drive systems are most likely to be funded by government agencies, foundations, and grower associations; as with sterile insect releases and most biocontrol programs. Although gene drives have received intensive study in Drosophila and mosquito vectors of human disease, we were one of the first teams pursuing this approach for crop pests. Our project was also one of the first to address CRISPR gene drive in the Hemiptera, an insect order that includes hundreds of pest species. We focused on developing and implementing CRISPR gene drive to reduce the massive damage caused by B. tabaci. This haplodiploid insect is one of the world's most devastating crop pests. Whereas extensive work by others explored CRISPR in diploid species, our project pioneered application of this revolutionary technology to haplodiploids, which have a distinct system of inheritance that presents special challenges and opportunities. Our project has achieved several breakthroughs, including publication of the first paper analyzing CRISPR gene drive in haplodiploids (Li et al. 2020, see next section). Our modeling results from this landmark study demonstrate that CRISPR gene drive can work in haplodiploids, especially if fitness costs associated with the driver allele are low or nil. Our paper was the first to provide a conceptual framework for evaluating and optimizing CRISPR gene drive strategies for managing B. tabaci and other haplodiploid pests. Our breakthroughs in the laboratory have created the infrastructure needed to develop CRISPR for controlling B. tabaci. We established a microinjection system enabling us to introduce CRISPR-derived mutations into B. tabaci embryos. We have used this system to generate and track inherited eye-color mutants of B. tabaci. We have identified and cloned germline promoters, and demonstrated their function in transgenic B. tabaci embryos and other hemipteran insects. We have also developed a tool to easily identify B. tabaci harboring CRISPR-mediated mutations by tagging target genes using a transgenic fluorescent marker. The successful completion of our project provides all the knowledge and infrastructure essential for developing a novel genetic approach for B. tabaci control, which can serve as a non-chemical "green" alternative for managing this global pest. We predict that our discoveries will accelerate the development of the CRISPR gene drive technique for reducing the numbers of this pest and the damage it causes. Still, realization of the benefits of gene-drive technology for pest control will require sustained attention to potential environmental and societal impacts, as well as regulatory and implementation challenges. Given the great promise of this technology and the urgent need for better control methods, we expect that guidance documents and regulations will be in place to allow the scientific community to safely move gene drives for pest control from the laboratory to field trials.
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Altstein, Miriam, and Ronald Nachman. Rationally designed insect neuropeptide agonists and antagonists: application for the characterization of the pyrokinin/Pban mechanisms of action in insects. United States Department of Agriculture, October 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2006.7587235.bard.

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The general objective of this BARD project focused on rationally designed insect neuropeptide (NP) agonists and antagonists, their application for the characterization of the mechanisms of action of the pyrokinin/PBAN (PK-PBAN) family and the development of biostable, bioavailable versions that can provide the basis for development of novel, environmentally-friendly pest insect control agents. The specific objectives of the study, as originally proposed, were to: (i) Test stimulatory potencies of rationally designed backbone cyclic (BBC) peptides on pheromonotropic, melanotropic, myotropic and pupariation activities; (ii) Test the inhibitory potencies of the BBC compounds on the above activities evoked either by synthetic peptides (PBAN, LPK, myotropin and pheromonotropin) or by the natural endogenous mechanism; (iii) Determine the bioavailability of the most potent BBC compounds that will be found in (ii); (iv) Design, synthesize and examine novel PK/PBAN analogs with enhanced bioavailability and receptor binding; (v) Design and synthesize ‘magic bullet’ analogs and examine their ability to selectively kill cells expressing the PK/PBAN receptor. To achieve these goals the agonistic and antagonistic activities/properties of rationally designed linear and BBC neuropeptide (NP) were thoroughly studied and the information obtained was further used for the design and synthesis of improved compounds toward the design of an insecticide prototype. The study revealed important information on the structure activity relationship (SAR) of agonistic/antagonistic peptides, including definitive identification of the orientation of the Pro residue as trans for agonist activity in 4 PK/PBANbioassays (pheromonotropic, pupariation, melanotropic, & hindgut contractile) and a PK-related CAP₂b bioassay (diuretic); indications that led to the identification of a novel scaffold to develop biostbiostable, bioavailable peptidomimetic PK/PBANagonists/antagonists. The work led to the development of an arsenal of PK/PBAN antagonists with a variety of selectivity profiles; whether between different PKbioassays, or within the same bioassay between different natural elicitors. Examples include selective and non-selective BBC and novel amphiphilic PK pheromonotropic and melanotropic antagonists some of which are capable of penetrating the moth cuticle in efficacious quantities. One of the latter analog group demonstrated unprecedented versatility in its ability to antagonize a broad spectrum of pheromonotropic elicitors. A novel, transPro mimetic motif was proposed & used to develop a strong, selective PK agonist of the melanotropic bioassay in moths. The first antagonist (pure) of PK-related CAP₂b diuresis in flies was developed using a cisPro mimetic motif; an indication that while a transPro orientation is associated with receptor agonism, a cisPro orientation is linked with an antagonist interaction. A novel, biostablePK analog, incorporating β-amino acids at key peptidase-susceptible sites, exhibited in vivo pheromonotropic activity that by far exceeded that of PBAN when applied topically. Direct analysis of neural tissue by state-of-the-art MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry was used to identify specific PK/PK-related peptides native to eight arthropod pest species [house (M. domestica), stable (S. calcitrans), horn (H. irritans) & flesh (N. bullata) flies; Southern cattle fever tick (B. microplus), European tick (I. ricinus), yellow fever mosquito (A. aegypti), & Southern Green Stink Bug (N. viridula)]; including the unprecedented identification of mass-identical Leu/Ile residues and the first identification of NPs from a tick or the CNS of Hemiptera. Evidence was obtained for the selection of Neb-PK-2 as the primary pupariation factor of the flesh fly (N. bullata) among native PK/PK-related candidates. The peptidomic techniques were also used to map the location of PK/PK-related NP in the nervous system of the model fly D. melanogaster. Knowledge of specific PK sequences can aid in the future design of species specific (or non-specific) NP agonists/antagonists. In addition, the study led to the first cloning of a PK/PBAN receptor from insect larvae (S. littoralis), providing the basis for SAR analysis for the future design of 2ⁿᵈgeneration selective and/or nonselective agonists/antagonists. Development of a microplate ligand binding assay using the PK/PBAN pheromone gland receptor was also carried out. The assay will enable screening, including high throughput, of various libraries (chemical, molecular & natural product) for the discovery of receptor specific agonists/antagonists. In summary, the body of work achieves several key milestones and brings us significantly closer to the development of novel, environmentally friendly pest insect management agents based on insect PK/PBANNPs capable of disrupting critical NP-regulated functions.
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Rafaeli, Ada, and Russell Jurenka. Molecular Characterization of PBAN G-protein Coupled Receptors in Moth Pest Species: Design of Antagonists. United States Department of Agriculture, December 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2012.7593390.bard.

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The proposed research was directed at determining the activation/binding domains and gene regulation of the PBAN-R’s thereby providing information for the design and screening of potential PBAN-R-blockers and to indicate possible ways of preventing the process from proceeding to its completion. Our specific aims included: (1) The identification of the PBAN-R binding domain by a combination of: (a) in silico modeling studies for identifying specific amino-acid side chains that are likely to be involved in binding PBAN with the receptor and; (b) bioassays to verify the modeling studies using mutant receptors, cell lines and pheromone glands (at tissue and organism levels) against selected, designed compounds to confirm if compounds are agonists or antagonists. (2) The elucidation ofthemolecular regulationmechanisms of PBAN-R by:(a) age-dependence of gene expression; (b) the effect of hormones and; (c) PBAN-R characterization in male hair-pencil complexes. Background to the topic Insects have several closely related G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) belonging to the pyrokinin/PBAN family, one with the ligand pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide or pyrokinin-2 and another with diapause hormone or pyrokinin-1 as a ligand. We were unable to identify the diapause hormone receptor from Helicoverpa zea despite considerable effort. A third, related receptor is activated by a product of the capa gene, periviscerokinins. The pyrokinin/PBAN family of GPCRs and their ligands has been identified in various insects, such as Drosophila, several moth species, mosquitoes, Triboliumcastaneum, Apis mellifera, Nasoniavitripennis, and Acyrthosiphon pisum. Physiological functions of pyrokinin peptides include muscle contraction, whereas PBAN regulates pheromone production in moths plus other functions indicating the pleiotropic nature of these ligands. Based on the alignment of annotated genomic sequences, the primary and secondary structures of the pyrokinin/PBAN family of receptors have similarity with the corresponding structures of the capa or periviscerokinin receptors of insects and the neuromedin U receptors found in vertebrates. Major conclusions, solutions, achievements Evolutionary trace analysisof receptor extracellular domains exhibited several class-specific amino acid residues, which could indicate putative domains for activation of these receptors by ligand recognition and binding. Through site-directed point mutations, the 3rd extracellular domain of PBAN-R was shown to be critical for ligand selection. We identified three receptors that belong to the PBAN family of GPCRs and a partial sequence for the periviscerokinin receptor from the European corn borer, Ostrinianubilalis. Functional expression studies confirmed that only the C-variant of the PBAN-R is active. We identified a non-peptide agonist that will activate the PBAN-receptor from H. zea. We determined that there is transcriptional control of the PBAN-R in two moth species during the development of the pupa to adult, and we demonstrated that this transcriptional regulation is independent of juvenile hormone biosynthesis. This transcriptional control also occurs in male hair-pencil gland complexes of both moth species indicating a regulatory role for PBAN in males. Ultimate confirmation for PBAN's function in the male tissue was revealed through knockdown of the PBAN-R using RNAi-mediated gene-silencing. Implications, both scientific and agricultural The identification of a non-peptide agonist can be exploited in the future for the design of additional compounds that will activate the receptor and to elucidate the binding properties of this receptor. The increase in expression levels of the PBAN-R transcript was delineated to occur at a critical period of 5 hours post-eclosion and its regulation can now be studied. The mysterious role of PBAN in the males was elucidated by using a combination of physiological, biochemical and molecular genetics techniques.
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