The Effect of Dawn Dish Detergent on Preference, Avoidance, and Lethality Behaviors on the Brown Mamorated Stinkbug...

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Title: The Effect of Dawn Dish Detergent on Preference, Avoidance, and Lethality Behaviors on the Brown Mamorated Stinkbug...
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Subject: Brown marmorated stink bug.
Description: The brown marmorated stinkbug (Halyomorpha halys) and the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) are Hemipteran insects that are prevalent pests in homes, gardens, and agricultural practices. Suggested pest control methods for pest population reduction include synthetic pesticides, organic pesticides, and dish detergents. Preference and avoidance behaviors to dish detergent were observed in A. pisum and the lethal effects of dish detergent were evaluated in H . halys. Behaviors and lethality were observed in arenas with different configurations of soaked and dried filter papers. Brown marmorated stink bug lethality tests were not choice-based, whereas the pea aphid preference/avoidance tests were choice-based. Pea aphids spent the most time in the dry locations of the arena. Direct physical contact of the treatment killed all of the stink bugs.Despite the preference of dry substrate, contact with the wet treatment were most commonly followed by fatalities. However, since dish detergent is a readily available household chemical, the option to use dish detergent for pest control could provide a faster and safer way to eliminate pests as opposed to synthetic pesticides that are associated with human health risk and environmental pollution., Honors Thesis Advisor, Dr. Chadwick Hanna.
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Contributor: Harsh, Josephine. (Author), California University of Pennsylvania. Honors Program.
Date: 2017-04-04
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Identifier: cali:109
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