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Urban Pest Management from the 2018 NCUE
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Urban Pest Management from the 2018 NCUE

A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2018) | Viewed by 5574

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Brian T. Forschler

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Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 413 Biological Sciences Building, Athens, GA 30602-2603, USA
Interests: termite behavior; field efficacy of termite baits; new chemistries for novel termite control tactics; determination of subterranean termite social structure using agonism; morphological characters; cuticular hydrocarbon analysis and genetic markers
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Dr. Changlu Wang

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Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Interests: insecticide resistance; insect behavior; insect ecology; pest management; urban insects
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Dr. Andrew M. Sutherland

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Cooperative Extension and Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program, Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, Hayward, CA 94544, USA
Interests: urban integrated pest management programs and policies; sampling methods for urban insect pests; pest exclusion methods; pest ecology and phenology; biological control; reduced-risk and reduced-exposure pesticide applications

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The discipline of urban entomology encompasses a wide range of topics related to management of pests in and around buildings. The stakeholders in the urban entomology community include property owners, pest management professionals, regulatory officials, professional associations, manufactures of tools and products, and academicians (both research and outreach). This special issue welcomes contributions from any and all urban stakeholders on topics related to the identification, biology, and management of arthropod and vertebrate pests in the built environment as well as regulation, training, and education on pest management in the indoor biome.

Prof. Dr. Brian T. Forschler
Dr. Changlu Wang
Dr. Andrew M. Sutherland
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Insects is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Urban Entomology
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • Urban Pest Management
  • Indoor Biome
  • Regulations
  • Education
  • Training

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Differential Gene Expression in Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Larval and Pupal Stages
by Margaret L. Allen, Joshua H. Rhoades, Michael E. Sparks and Michael J. Grodowitz
Insects 2018, 9(4), 185; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects9040185 - 05 Dec 2018
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Abstract
Solenopsis invicta Buren is an invasive ant species that has been introduced to multiple continents. One such area, the southern United States, has a history of multiple control projects using chemical pesticides over varying ranges, often resulting in non-target effects across trophic levels. [...] Read more.
Solenopsis invicta Buren is an invasive ant species that has been introduced to multiple continents. One such area, the southern United States, has a history of multiple control projects using chemical pesticides over varying ranges, often resulting in non-target effects across trophic levels. With the advent of next generation sequencing and RNAi technology, novel investigations and new control methods are possible. A robust genome-guided transcriptome assembly was used to investigate gene expression differences between S. invicta larvae and pupae. These life stages differ in many physiological processes; of special importance is the vital role of S. invicta larvae as the colonies’ “communal gut”. Differentially expressed transcripts were identified related to many important physiological processes, including digestion, development, cell regulation and hormone signaling. This dataset provides essential developmental knowledge that reveals the dramatic changes in gene expression associated with social insect life stage roles, and can be leveraged using RNAi to develop effective control methods. Full article
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