본 연구에서는 갈색날개매미충(R. sublimata)의 생물적 방제를 위한 기초정보를 마련하고자 알 기생천적인 날개 매미충알벌 (P. ricaniae)의 분포확산 및 월동 특성을 조사 한 결과를 보고하였다. 날개매미충알벌은 경기도, 충청남북도, 전라남북도 및 경상남도 일부 지역에 분포하는 것으로 조사되었다. 날개매미충알벌은 서남쪽 평야지대에 더 많이 발생하였으나, 시간의 경과에 따라 갈색날개매미 충의 확산에 맞춰 점차 동북쪽 지역으로 발생 범위가 확산하는 경향을 보였다. 날개매미충알벌의 야외 기생율은 1~8% 정도로 순천에서 가장 높았고, 다음으로 구례, 공주 순으로 나타났다. 날개매미충알벌은 9월부터 갈색날개매미충의 난 속에서 알 상태로 겨울을 보내고, 다음 해 6월부터 발육을 시작하여 성충으로 우화하였다. 날개매미충알 벌의 내한성은 알 상태에서 가장 높았다

아카시아진딧물은 다양한 기주식물을 먹이로 하는 곤충으로 전 세계적으로 분포하고 있다. 본 연구는 아카시아진딧물 약충의 발육기간, 무시성충의 수명과 번식능력을 조사하기 위하여 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0, 32.5℃ 정온조건에서 실험을 실시하였다. 조사된 모든 항온조건에서 아카시아진딧물은 성공적으로 성충으로 발육하였고 발육율은 온도가 상승할수록 증가하였다. 아카시아진딧물 약충시기별 발육영점온도와 유효적산일은 선형회귀분석 방법을 이용하여 계산하였다. SSI모델을 이용하여 발육최저, 최고한계를 추정하였다. 아카시아진딧물 전체약충기간의 발육영점온도와 유효적산일은 각각 5.3℃과 128.4DD였다. SSI모델을 이용한 아카시아진딧물의 발육최저, 최고온도는 17.0℃ 과 34.6℃였으며 이들간의 차이는 17.5℃였다. 전체약충기간의 발육완료분포모형은 3-매개변수 Weibull함수를 이용하여 나타내었다. 온도와 관련된 아카시아진딧물의 생물적 특성을 생명표분석을 통해 나타내었다. 내적자연증가율은 25℃에서, 개체군순증가율은 20℃에서 가장 높았다. 다른 지역에 서식하는 아카시아진딧물의 생물적 특성을 비교 분석하였다.

본 연구는 토마토에 대하여 가지가 트랩식물로써 담배가루이를 효과적으로 유인할 수 있을지에 대한 잠재성을 평가하였다. 큰망초, 가지, 오이, 토마토에 대한 담배가루이의 선호성을 비교하기 위하여 선택성 조사가 수행되었다. 담배가루이 성충은 후각적인 자극보다는 시각적인 자 극에 더 민감함을 보여주었고 큰망초보다는 오이와 가지를 더 선호하였다. 가지와 오이의 담배가루이 유인률은 각각 82.3%와 82.5% 였다. 가지 는 오이보다 관리측면에서 더 쉽기 때문에 우리는 본 실험에서 오이를 제외하였다. 담배가루이 성충에 대한 가지의 유인률은 토마토의 초장과 같 거나 더 클 때 90% 이상 이었다.

The small brown planthopper (SBPH), Laodelphax striatellus Fallen, is an important pest that causes severe yield losses by transmitting plant viruses to rice. For the efficient control of SBPH in Korea, the respective resistance levels in the immigrant and indigenous populations need to be discerned. The resistance levels to 10 insecticides (three carbamates, an organophosphate, four neonicotinoids, and a phenylpyrazole) were evaluated in 21 field populations collected from either SBPH-immigrating or indigenous regions during two different seasons (early spring vs. late summer). Imidacloprid resistance was most widely observed in many regional populations, followed by thiamethoxam resistance. Interestingly, the resistance level to imidacloprid was significantly higher in both immigrant and late-summer-collected populations than in indigenous and early spring-collected populations, respectively [3.3- (p = 0.018) and 2.6-fold (p = 0.026)]. Moreover, the late summer immigrant population exhibited higher imidacloprid resistance (2.4-fold) than the early spring-collected population from the same region, suggesting that the migratory SBPH that immigrated into Korea already exhibited imidacloprid resistance traits and were further selected after inhabitation. All field populations showed little resistance to fipronil (0.1- to 0.7-fold), suggesting that it is the most effective among the tested insecticides to control field populations of SBPH. The coefficient of variation of the resistance ratio (RR) among different regional populations and the correlation coefficient of RR among different insecticides have been suggested as supplementary parameters when determining appropriate insecticides as respective indicators for the dispersion status of resistance among SBPH populations and the possibility of cross resistance among tested insecticides.

An easy and rapid resistance detection protocol for the Western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis was established based on the residual contact vial bioassay (RCV), in which insecticide resistance levels can be estimated at 8 h-post treatment of diagnostic doses. The RDA strain was used as a reference susceptible strain, which has been reared under laboratory conditions over 10 years without exposure to any insecticides. Seven insecticides were tested for the determination of diagnostic dose. Among them, five insecticides (chlorfenapyr, acrinathrin, spinosad, emmamectin benzoate and thiamethoxam, ranged as 0.03 ~ 0.42 μg-1cm2) were applicable to the RCV. However, two insecticides (omethoate and imidacloprid) were not able to be used for the RCV because the treated inner surface of glass vials by these insecticides were too viscous, causing non-specific mortality. The RCV detection kit was employed for the estimation of resistance levels for the five insecticides in five local populations. Almost field-collected populations revealed high levels of resistance to the four insecticides (acrinathrin, spinosad, emmamectin benzoate and thiamethoxam) by showing less than 50% mortality. The baseline resistance detection by RCV method will facilitate the selection of proper insecticides for farmers to manage insecticide resistant-populations of F. occidentalis.

Nilaparvata lugens Stål is one of the important migratory pests of rice paddy fields in Korea. Resistance levels to nine insecticides were monitored in 12 local strains and correlation analysis was conducted to determine cross-resistance relationships among the tested insecticides. The local strains revealed 1.3- to 28.0-, 1.6- to 6.0-, 2.8- to 237.0-, 0.6- to 0.9-, and 0.7- to 1.3-fold resistance to carbamates, organophosphates, neonicotinoids, fipronil and etofenprox, respectively. Organophosphates revealed moderate correlations with benzofuranyl methylcarbamate (r = 0.566 - 0.614, p > 0.01). Three neonicotinoids were not correlated each other, but imidacloprid and clothianidin were moderately correlated with several benzofuranyl methylcarbamate and organophosphate insecticides (r = 0.590 - 0.705, p > 0.05), indicating that unknown common factors (such as detoxification enzymes) might contribute to resistance to both insecticides. Fipronil and etofenprox exhibited low levels of resistance and cross-resistance with other insecticides, suggesting their potential as an effective insecticide for field application. Resistance level monitoring and correlation analysis would be valuable for the selection of appropriate insecticides to control insecticide-resistant N. lugenes, a typical migratory pest in Korea.

In Korea, agricultural environment has been rapidly changed by several factors and the directions of agricultural policy of government have not been maintained by the sudden changes in recent years. The paradigm of agriculture policy is shifted from the maintenance and conservation of agricultural production to the increase of economic, social and ecological value based on agricultural profitability. The agricultural policy and production system are changed by following main social concerns; first the concern of the exhaustion of natural resources, second the quality of life is decreased by the physical and biological change of climate disturbance, third the deterioration of living environment by human activity and finally, the attention of food security by the unbalance and decrease of food production. Furthermore, in spite of low food (23%) and energy (29%) self-sufficiency, it would seem that the importance of the expansion and improvement of food production is not considered by agricultural policy makers. The foundation of agricultural production is collapsed and weakened because the policy makers decide to relegate the importance of food production to lower priority. Our present life style will be changed by the exhaustion of carbon energy. As a result, the production system of agricultural products will be improved and the price of the products will be increased. It is discussed how our agricultural environment will be changed with the surroundings, what factors, specially climate changes, will be considered to research pest management, and how the strategy of green pest management based on sustainable agriculture will be possible.