This study was conducted to surveyed the community structure of insects on thirty varieties of Hibiscus syriacus in Busan and Suwon, Korea. In addition, seasonal changes and damage rates of major insect pest species were investigated. Insect pests were visually observed from the area of H. syriacus plantations. As a result, 16 species belonging to 9 families of 4 orders were observed, while 13 species were classified to insect pests. Among insect pests, hemipterans (6 species) and lepidopterans (4 species) were most diverse groups. During summer season, Rehimena surusalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and Haritalodes derogate (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) were damaged to flower buds and leaves, respectively. In September, nymphs and adults of Plautia stali (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) were found from flower buds and leaves.

밤 재배단지에서 갈색날개매미충은 밤바구미, 복숭아명나방, 붉은매미나방과 주요 해충으로 경제적으로 피해를 야기하고 있다. 이에 밤 재배단지에서 2년 동안 갈색날개매미충의 공간적 이동 양상을 분석하기 위해 실험을 수행하였다. 실험은 부여에 위치한 한 밤 재배단지에서 대략 30m 간격으로 임의로 밤나무를 선정, 표지한 후 GPS를 이용 좌표를 구하고 나무당 50cm 가지 2개에 존재하는 갈색날개매미충 알, 약충, 성충의 밀도를 육안 조사하였다. 조사된 결과를 SADIE를 이용해 공간적 상호관계를 분석해 본 결과 알, 약충, 성충 2년 동안 지속적으로 양의 공간적 상호관계를 보였고, 약충 시기를 제외하고는 통계적으로 유의하였다(p < 0.025). 이는 넓은 밤 재배단지에서 갈색날개매미충이 발육단계에 상관없이 특정 지역에서만 집중적으로 발생하고 있다는 것을 의미하며 특정 지역에 집중적인 방제가 필요하다는 것이다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 연구된 밤 재배단지에서 갈색날개매미충의 방제 전략이 제안되었다.

Pine tree, a dominant species in the flora of Korea is the most beloved tree in Korea. However, recent outbreak of pine wilt disease caused by the pine wood nematode (PWN) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus threatens the vegetation of Pinus species seriously. Furthermore, Pinus densiflora and P. thunbergii, the predominant species in Korea forest are highly susceptible to PWN. Therefore, there has been an urgent demand for the development of a new nematocidal compounds to control PWN, which spurred the national research for the development of new compounds. To find novel sources for nematocidal agents, we used various plant resources for the development. In addition to the foreign plant extracts themselves, we also used the extracts of endophytes composed of over 300 endophytic fungi and 1,000 endophytic bacteria from plants which was reported to contain nematocidal activity. Several extracts of endophytes and plant extracts contained strong nematocidal activity, and the resources are analyzed to identify the active nematocidal compounds. These integrated approach of finding effective nematocidal compounds from plants could be a novel way to elucidate the sources for brand-new nematocidal agents.

Pine trees are ecologically important in Korea. They are seriously imperiled by Pine wilt disease (PWD), by pine wood nematode (PWN, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus). Here, we isolated and characterized bacterial endophytes (BEs) from pine trees in Korea for biological control of PWN using BE metabolites. Using culture-dependent approach BE isolates were extracted from three tissues (needles, stems, and roots) of four pine species across 18 sampling sites in Korea. Bacterial isolates were characterized into 389 distinct isolates based on 16S rDNA sequencing. Ethyl acetate crude extracts (CEs) of bacterial liquid cultures were prepared using ethyl acetate and screened for nematicidal activity against PWN. BEs (1,622 isolates) were isolated; their taxonomic binning resulted in 215 operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Analysis of species richness and Shannon’s diversity of the three tissues revealed that BEs colonized the needles more than the stem and root tissues. Furthermore, based on nematicidal activity screening of 389 isolates, 44 BEs were identified, with two isolates exhibiting a significant inhibitory activity against PWN. Taken together, these data revealed numerous nematicidal BEs in pine trees, providing new insights that can serve as an effective and promising alternative approach to combat PWD.

Forest insect pests monitoring provides essential information for forest management against their outbreaks. Long-term monitoring data for forest insect pests have been collected by National Institute of Forest Science at national level since 1968. Forest insect pests for long-term monitoring include pine needle gall midge, black pine bast scale, fall webworm, pine moth, spotted lanternfly, etc. The monitoring data were analyzed effect of meteorological factors on the outbreaks of sporadic forest insect pests. Our results showed that meteorological factors can influenced on outbreak of forest insects. The species including Lepidoptera has more occurred when fall and winter temperature were relatively high during the period, suggesting that their outbreaks depends on mortality rate during winter diapause. In Diptera, species abundance was positively related with amount of precipitation in spring but negatively related with summer temperature. The species belong to Hymenoptera was also more abundant when spring temperature was relatively warm. These results can provide useful information for predict potential forest insect pests from climate change.

소나무재선충병은 소나무재선충(pine wood nematode)에 의해 소나무류가 시들어 죽는 병으로 국내에서는 Monochamus 속의 솔수염하늘소와 북방수염하늘소가 주요 매개충으로 알려져 있다. 소나무재선충병은 1988년 부산 금정산에서 최초 발견된 이후, 1990년대 후반 들어 피해목 수가 급격히 증가하기 시작하였고, 2005~2006년에 걸쳐 200만본이 넘는 피해목이 발생하였다. 2005년 소나무재선충병 방제특별법이 제정되어 소나무류의 이동에 대한 단속이 시작되면서 감소하던 피해목 수는 2013년 한해에만 200만본이 넘는 피해목이 발생하였다. 이후 적극적으로 방제를 실시하여 2017년 4월 기준 99만본으로 감소 추세에 있다. 국립산림과학원에서는 소나무재선충병의 피해 확산 방지를 위해서 매개충 방제를 위한 기술 개발 연구를 수행하고 있다. 대표적인 방제법으로 벌채 후 소각, 파쇄, 훈증, 이동식 열처리 등 고사목 처리가 있으며, 예방을 위해서는 살선충제 나무주사, 살충제 항공 및 지상살포 등이 있다. 다만, 기 개발된 방제 기술 중에는 환경과 인체에 유해성이 있을 수 있다는 우려가 지속적으로 제기되고 있어 친환경적인 방제 기술을 탐색･개발 중에 있다.

산림청에서는 전문적인 생활권 수목진료 체계를 구축하고 민간 주도로 영역을 확대하기 위한 정책의 일환으로 2012년부터 생활권 주변 수목의 병해충 등 피해 전반에 대하여 수목진료 전문가(민간나무병원)가 현장을 방문하여 진단하고, 적정 방제법과 수목 관리방법 등이 포함된 처방전을 발급하는 수목진료 민간컨설팅 사업을 시행하고 있다. 국립산림과학원 나무병원(국립나무병원)에서는 2016년 1년 동안 민간나무병원에서 전국의 아파트단지, 근린공 원, 학교숲 등 생활권 수목에 발생하는 병해충을 포함한 각종 수목 피해를 진단하여 발급한 약 5,000여건의 컨설팅 처방전 자료를 바탕으로 피해 수종, 발생 병해충을 포함한 피해 원인, 발생 시기 등을 분석하였다. 이 분석보고는 2016년에 발생한 생활권 수목 피해에 대한 종합적 기초자료이며, 향후 생활권 수목진료 정책 수립은 물론 현장진료에도 많은 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

도시 생활권 내 수목병해충 관리의 필요성이 증가하고 있으나, 전문화된 생활권 수목의 진료체계는 부족한 실정이다. 산림청에서는 관련 법령인 산림보호법 일부개정법률이 공포(2016.12.27.)됨에 따라 생활권 수목의 전문적 진료체계를 구축하는 한편, 수목진료 저변확대를 위한 수목진단센터 운영 및 민간컨설팅을 실시하고 있다. 생활권 수목병해충 관리 강화를 위한 정책의 기본방향은 나무의사 제도 도입 등 전문화된 수목진료 기반을 구축하고, 생활권 수목진료 민간컨설팅 지원을 통해 진단･처방서비스를 제공하며, 국･공립나무병원의 내실화 및 지역거점 수목진료 체계를 구축하는 것이다. 현재 산림청에서는 나무의사 자격시험 및 나무병원 제도 시행을 위하여 하위법령과 행정규칙을 마련 중(2018.6.28. 공포 예정)이며, 수목진료 전문화, 청년일자리 창출 등 나무의사 제도 조기정착을 위한 대국민 사전홍보에도 힘을 쏟고 있다.

밤 재배단지에서 갈색날개매미충은 밤바구미, 복숭아명나방, 붉은매미나방과 함께 경제적 피해를 야기하고 있는 해충으로 2017년 부여 남면 일대에서는 이들 해충에 의해 밤의 상업적 수확을 전혀 할 수 없었던 농가들도 발생하였다. 이에 밤 재배단지에서 갈색날개매미충의 방제 전략 중 하나의 정밀방제 가능 여부를 판단하기 위해 실험을 수행하였다. 실험은 부여에 위치한 한 밤 재배단지에서 대략 30m 간격으로 무작위로 밤나무를 선정, 표지한 후 GPS를 이용 좌표를 구하고 나무당 50cm 가지 2개에 존재하는 갈색날개매미충 알, 약충, 성충의 밀도를 육안 조사하였다. 조사된 결과를 SADIE를 이용해 공간적 상호관계를 분석한 결과 알, 약충, 성충 모두 90% 유의수준에서 공간적 상호관계를 보였다. 이는 넓은 밤 재배단지에서 갈색날개매미충이 발육단계에 상관없이 특정 지역에서만 집중적으로 발생하고 있다는 것을 의미하며 정밀방제가 가능할 것이라고 생각된다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 연구된 밤 재배단지에서 갈색날개매미충의 방제 전략이 논의되었다.

2007년에 잣나무림에서 하늘소과, 바구미과, 나무좀아과에 속하는 천공성 딱정벌레 군집을 말레이즈 트랩을 활용하여 조사하였다. 하늘소류 15종 184 개체, 바구미류 17종 185개체, 6종 1,246개체의 총 1,615개체 천공성 딱정벌레가 채집되었고 우점종은 왕녹나무좀이었다. 개체수에 따 라 순위를 매겼을 때, 잣나무림에서 천공성 해충과 나무좀류 군집은 나무좀아과의 한 종에 의해 우점되어 생물다양성이 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 잣나 무림에서 간벌은 나무좀과 암브로시아좀류의 풍부도에 영향을 미쳐 특정 임분에서의 개체군들은 간벌 1년 후 밀도가 증가했으나 그 후 감소하였다.

Non-target predatory insects can be indirectly exposed to aerial pesticide spraying and fogging to control Monochmus beetles that transmit pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. We evaluated potential lethal or sublethal effects of thiacloprid on survival and behavior of a carpenter ant species, Camponotus japonicus Mayr. Field-collected ant colonies were directly exposed to several food items, such as thiacloprid-addicted Monochmus beetles, 10% sugar watered cotton balls contaminated by thiacloprid concentrations, and 10% sugar water. Dead beetle bodies caused no apparent adverse effect through dietary exposure in general, although a few ants were died with paralysis at colony level experiment. At individual level, most ant workers were died within 10 days compared to control group. In contrast, dietary exposure of ants to thiacloprid concentrations showed significant lethal effect with paralysis and impaired walking, especially at 10 and 50 mg/L thiacloprid concentrations. Some intoxicated ants recovered within a few days in 10 and 50 mg/L thiacloprid concentrations, but intoxicated ants were generally shown to be less responsible to enemy ants with low aggressive behavior. Implications for predicting hazards of thiacloprid to beneficial arthropods in pine forests are discussed.

Voltinism could be used as an index assessing the global warming effects on insect phenology. In many cases, however, the voltinism could not be defined explicitly as a numerical scale especially when it should be calculated over the various climatic conditions. In addition, calculation of insect voltinism is much difficult when only a small portion of its population emerge as adults in the late season. In this study, a degreeday model, a simplified phenology model and a population model for the peach fruit moth, Carposina sasakii, were used to predict their voltinism. To evaluate the model performance, we assumed a continuously host providing system. Daily maximum and minimum temperatures in Suwon in 2015, and 2℃ increase in the daily maximum and minimum temperatures were used to describe current and future climate conditions, respectively. The merits and limits for three models for evaluating insect voltinism are discussed.

2013년 하계기간 중 우리나라의 서울, 충남, 전북 지역 등지에서 유충이 두충(Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.)의 잎을 가해하며 심각한 피해를 발 생시키는 새로운 해충을 채집하여 사육한 후 우화한 성충을 분류동정 한 결과 두충밤나방(신칭) (Protegira songi Chen & Zhang)으로 확인되어 보 고한다. 또한 본 연구를 통해 상기종의 기주식물이 우리나라에서는 처음으로 확인된다. 아울러 본 종에 대한 발생 및 피해상황과 분류학적 특징을 기재함과 동시에 암수생식기의 특징을 도해하여 제시하였다.

As a result of investigation on the larvae attacking leaves of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. and causing serious damage on the plant in Seoul, Chungnam and Jeonbuk Province in Korea during summer in 2013, Protegira songi Chen & Zhang of the family Noctuidae was identified. In this study, we report the host plants of it for the first time from Korea, with larval damage and taxonomic information by illustrating the characteristics of male and female genitalia. Also we will conduct to extract and analyse the DNA barcode for correct identification in forest pest monitoring in near future.

The nutritional quality of host plant is critically important for insect herbivores to maximize their fitness, but it is relatively unexplored whether the ingestion of a specific host plant will have the same effects on insects under different thermal conditions. We have used a multi-factorial experimental design to investigate how the nutritional quality of host plant and temperature interact to affect life-history traits in a generalist caterpillar Hyphantria cunea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) feeding on five different host plants. Caterpillars raised on Platanus occidentalis, Sophora japonica and Prunus x yedoensis exhibited substantially higher survival, faster growth and heavier mass at pupation than those on Cornus kousa and Betula platyphylla. Caterpillars developed more quickly and attained a smaller final body mass at higher temperatures, but the way that these traits responded to temperature differed by host plant. Caterpillars on P.occidentalis displayed a monotonic decrease in development time with increasing temperature, but the development time of those on P. x yedoensis declined with temperature in a biphasic manner. Furthermore, the rate at which pupal mass increased with decreasing temperature was much greater for caterpillars on P.occidentalis than those on P. x yedoensis.

The effects of thinning on community diversity of wood-boring beetles were examined in Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) forest in In-je, South Korea in 2013. Three study sites were selected and thinning in the plots was conducted in 2010, spring 2012, and autumn 2012, respectively. Wood-boring beetles were collected every week using the 12-unit Lindgren multi-funnel traps with pheromone lure (Ipsdienol +50/-50 40mg, Ipsenol +50/-50 40mg) from mid-April to early November. Total 5 families (Cerambycidae, Curculionidae, Dryophthoridae, Scolytidae, Platypodidae), 62 species, and 26,638 individuals were collected. Diversity indices were 2.08, 2.02 and 0.76, and evenness indices were 0.55, 0.49 and 0.19 in 2010, spring 2012 and autumn 2012 thinning area, respectively. Among wood-boring beetles, the number of species of bark and ambrosia beetles were accounted for 44.4, 41.9 and 46.3% in 2010, spring 2012 and autumn 2012 thinning area, respectively. The number of individuals of bark and ambrosia beetles were accounted for 86.9, 82.2 and 98.4% in 2010, spring 2012 and autumn 2012 thinning area, respectively. Our results showed that the density of wood-boring beetles was the highest in the most recent thinning area, suggesting that thinning timing can influenced on the abundance of bark and ambrosia beetles. Among them, Ips subelongatus, I. acuminatus, and I. sexdentatus are species that mainly attack Japanese Larch. Ips subelongatus emerged faster than others and was the most dominant species.

Oak wilt disease caused by Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae was firstly reported at Sungnam city, Gyeonggi province, Korea, in 2004, and spread to several area of Korean peninsula. Raffaelea quercus-monglicae was transferred by ambrosia beetle, Platypus koryoensis, and caused oak wilt disease. Because oak wilt disease is mediated by ambrosia beetle, Platypus koryoensis, control of this disease concentrates on managing the ambrosia beetle population. Until now, several control methods such as felling and fumigation of dead oak trees with metham sodium, sticky-roll trap for catching emerged or attacking beetles, and oak tree logs for attraction of ambrosia beetle have been mainly used to control oak wilt disease in Korea. Although effective, current control methods have many side effects. Felling of oak tree is very difficult and dangerous to workers. To reduce the side effects of conventional control methods, new and safe types of control method for managing the ambrosia beetle populations are essential. In this study, we investigated the number of caught beetles, effect of height and direction of collection bottles by using newly developed mass capturing device for P. koryoensis to evaluate the effectiveness of this device as practical use in field.

This study examined the effects of environmental factors on the abundance of black pine bast scale (BPBS), Matsucoccus thunbergianae Miller and Park, in coastal disaster prevention forest stands composed mostly of Japanese black pine. Geographical factors, soil conditions and forest stand conditions were measured to evaluate the hazard rating for the occurrence of BPBS from 35 plots in the coastal forest stands. To assess the hazard rating, a combination of a self-organizing map (SOM), which classified the samples according to their characteristics, and a random forest model, which predicted the probability of the occurrence of BPBS from SOM results, was used in this study. Our results showed that major factors determining the abundance of BPBS were climate, tree size, and tree health. BPBS was more common in low latitude coastal forests, suggesting that warmer conditions were favorable to BPBS population buildup. Tree size also influenced the abundance of BPBS, which was higher in forests composed of larger trees (greater DBH). Finally, BPBS was also more abundant in areas with high soil salinity and clay-loam soil, and north-facing slopes where tree vigor was lower.

The species diversity of macrolepidoptera (larger species of moths) was surveyed using light traps at forests near the Forest Environmental Research Institute located in 9 provinces (Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungbuk, Chungnam, Jeonbuk, Jeonnam, Kyeongbuk, Kyeongnam, Jeju) in 2012. Sampling was conducted weekly or biweekly from April to October. Using light traps in 8 forests, 2,961 individuals belong to 530 species from 20 families were collected. The species richness between study sites ranged from 4 (Kyeongnam) to 258 (Chungbuk). Similarly, abundance was the highest at Gyeonggi (1,235 individuals) and lowest at Kyeongnam (11 individuals). Species diversity (H’) was the highest at Chungbuk (5.14) and lowest at Kyeongnam (1.29). Composition of macrolepidopteran species also changed seasonally, showing regional variations. Dominant species in 9 study sites were Lamoria glaucalis in Gyeonggi, Ivela auripes in Gangwon, Idiotephria amelia in Chungbuk, agrotis tokionis in Chungnam, Acosmeryx naga in Jeonbuk, Glyphodes perspectalis in Jeonnam, Spodoptera depravata in Gyeongbuk, Xestia dilatata in Gyeongnam and Lithosia quadra Jeju. Among the species, Ivela auripes, Lamoria glaucalis, and Glyphodes perspectalis were known to be sporadic forest insect pests. Therefore, continuous monitoring can be needed to prevent the potential outbreaks of such insect pests.