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Invasive Lepidoptera: Monitoring, Distribution, Taxonomy, Evolution, and Management of Agricultural and Forest Pests

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2024) | Viewed by 1691

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Bonk Kyu Byun

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Department of Biological Science & Biotechnology, Hannam University, Daedok-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Interests: invasive species; biodiversity; conservation biology; forest insects
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Dr. John W. Brown

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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Interests: entomology; Lepidoptera; biodiversity
Prof. Dr. Sora Kim

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Department of Plant Protection & Quarantine, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
Interests: Lepidoptera; systematic entomology; taxonomy; biological evolution; DNA barcoding

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Background & history of this topic: With the recent increase in international trade, concerns about invasive pests are increasing. In addition, as the distributional ranges of ​​insect pests expands or moves according to environmental changes such as climate change, unexpected insect species are becoming pests. Lepidoptera insects are a huge group of insects with over 200,000 known species worldwide, including many pest species due to their diverse ecological characteristics. Against this background, the need for research on invasive pest species is increasing.

Aim and scope of the Special Issue: The aim of the special volume is to provide useful and practical information of the invasive species of Lepidoptera pests by synthesizing the research results on the investigation, classification, evolution and management among agricultural and forest pests.

Cutting-edge research: molecular systematics; taxonomy; identification; evolution; management

What kind of papers we are soliciting: research articles only

Prof. Dr. Bonk Kyu Byun
Dr. John W. Brown
Prof. Dr. Sora Kim
Guest Editors

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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. Agronomy is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • Lepidoptera
  • invasive species
  • agricultural pest
  • forest pest
  • taxonomy
  • phylogeny
  • management
  • methodology in plant quarantine

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Genetic Diversity of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
by Matabaro Joseph Malekera, Damas Mamba Mamba, Gauthier Bope Bushabu, Justin Cishugi Murhula, Hwal-Su Hwang and Kyeong-Yeoll Lee
Agronomy 2023, 13(8), 2175; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13082175 - 19 Aug 2023
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In 2016, the fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, invaded western Africa and rapidly spread in sub-Saharan Africa, causing significant losses in yields of corn, a major food crop in Africa. Although the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a large corn-growing [...] Read more.
In 2016, the fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, invaded western Africa and rapidly spread in sub-Saharan Africa, causing significant losses in yields of corn, a major food crop in Africa. Although the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a large corn-growing country, the impact of FAW has not been investigated. This study was designed to expand investigations on the genetic diversity of FAW populations in the DRC. We collected FAW individuals from eight provinces across the country, for analysis of genetic variation. Based on the partial sequences of both mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) and nuclear triosephosphate isomerase (Tpi) genes, we compared polymorphic features of the COI haplotype and Tpi single nucleotide polymorphisms. The results revealed that most (84%) of the analyzed individuals were heterogeneous hybrids Tpi-corn/COI-rice (Tpi-C/COI-R), whereas 16% were homogenous Tpi-corn/COI-corn (Tpi-C/COI-C). Further analysis of the fourth exon/intron sequences of the Tpi gene identified two subgroups, TpiCa1 and TpiCa2, constituting 80% and 20%, respectively, of the collected individuals. Analysis of genetic variation among native and invasive populations indicated significant genetic differences (10.94%) between the native American and DRC populations, whereas both the DRC and African populations were genetically closer to Asian than American populations. This study provides important information on FAW genetic diversity in the DRC, which can be used for effective management of FAW. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Invasive Lepidoptera: Monitoring, Distribution, Taxonomy, Evolution, and Management of Agricultural and Forest Pests)
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