기주범위가 넓은 미국선녀벌레에 대한 선행연구는 약충과 성충을 구분하지 않고 조사되었으나 본 연구에서는 발육단계를 약충단계와 성충 단계로 구분하여 기주를 조사하였다. 미국선녀벌레 약충은 78과 227종의 기주에서 발견되었고, 27과 38종을 새롭게 기록하였다. 초본류와 목본 류로 구분하였을 때 초본류에는 110종 목본류에는 117종을 기록하였다. 미국선녀벌레 성충은 87과 233종에서 발견되었고 26과 36종을 새롭게 기록하였다. 초본류와 목본류로 구분하였을 때 초본류에는 105종과 목본류에는 128 종을 기록하였다. 따라서, 약충과 성충을 포함하여 미국선녀 벌레의 국내 기주는 총 98과 345종 이었다. 미국선녀벌레 약충과 산란전단계의 성충은 국화과의 해바라기를 특이하게 선호하였고, 산란단계의 성충은 쪽과 해당화를 선호하였다.

Eighty kinds of pesticides registered in the peach and leaf perilla were assessed the efficacy against the 4th nymph stage of citrus flatid planthopper. Plant of Sharon, host plant preferred by citrus flatid planthopper, was cut from 5 to 7 cm and dipped 10 seconds into recommended concentrations of pesticides, respectively, and then dried naturally for the 30 minutes. New shoot of Plant of sharon treated pesticides and 10 to 15 final nymphs of citrus flatid planthopper put together in the 50㎖ tube and the number of live nymphs was investigated after 48 hours. Pesticides showing mortality over 90% were seven, namely, bifenthrin EW, Rhamda-cyhalothrin EC, Clothianidin SC, Benfuracarb SG, Chloropyrifos WP, Bifenthrin+methoxypenozide SC, Chloropyrifos+imidacloprid WP. When the forest surrounding the peach and leaf perilla was occurred and damaged by citrus flatid planthopper, the use of these pesticides is judged to be effective in the control of this pest.

Vertical transmission of symbiont is known as the most effective way to deliver their offspring. However, it has beenreported that the bean bug, Riptortus pedestris, acquires its gut symbiont, Burkholderia sp., from its environment (e.g.soil) during the 2nd instar nymphal stage. Nevertheless, it is not unknown how they locate their symbiont. For this reason,dual-choice experiments were conducted in both solitary (a nymph) and group conditions (100 nymphs) to investigatewhether or not R. pedestris has preference on Burkholderia sp. treated or untreated solution in laboratory conditions. Inthese experiments, there was no significant difference in the preference between the two treatments. We are testing inthe Y-tube olfactometer system to evaluate the response of R. pedestris on possible chemical cues from Burkholderia sp..

Root zone application of several systemic insecticides was tested for control of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), in Vietnam and Korea. In Vietnam, the results indicated that carbofuran showed the highest nymphal mortality in all experiments, followed by imidacloprid and carbosulfan. When the insecticides were applied on 10-day old rice, carbofuran was shown almost 100% N. lugens mortality at six days after treatment and the efficacy was extended to twelve days after application. In Korea, various root-zone application methods were tested with carbofuran and carbosulfan. The results showed that carbofuran was the most active in reducing the egg hatching rates. When root-zone treated on 40-50 day-old rice in a greenhouse, no nymphs were hatched in carbofuran treated pots, while average of 20 nymphs were emerged in carbofuran broadcasting pots. Especially the number of nymphs emerged in carbosulfan foliar spray was 54 nymphs per pot even at the eight day after application, which was higher than in control pots. This is the first study ever demonstrated the high egg mortality of N. lugens on rice due to the root-zone application of insecticides.