Disrupting pest reproduction techniques can replace pesticides in vineyards. A review

D Thiery, V Mazzoni, R Nieri - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2023 - Springer
Today, we are faced with an increase in the impact of pesticides on the environment, which
is becoming a real concern for most agricultural production systems, including vineyards, for …

Predator-prey interactions and eavesdropping in vibrational communication networks

M Virant-Doberlet, A Kuhelj, J Polajnar… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Due to human perceptional bias in favor of air-borne sounds, substrate-borne vibrational
signaling has been traditionally regarded as a highly specialized, inherently short-range …

Manipulating behaviour with substrate‐borne vibrations–potential for insect pest control

J Polajnar, A Eriksson, A Lucchi… - Pest Management …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This review presents an overview of the potential use of substrate‐borne vibrations for the
purpose of achieving insect pest control in the context of integrated pest management …

Biotremology: do physical constraints limit the propagation of vibrational information?

B Mortimer - Animal Behaviour, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Vibrations through substrates contain information important for many
species.•Complex physical constraints act on propagating vibrations.•Adaptations of animals …

Vibration receptor organs in the insect leg: Neuroanatomical diversity and functional principles

J Strauß, N Stritih-Peljhan, H Nishino - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Vibration receptor organs contain mechanosensilla detecting substrate
vibrations.•Vibrations are important signals by potential mates and rivals or predator …

Use of substrate-borne vibrational signals to attract the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys

V Mazzoni, J Polajnar, M Baldini… - Journal of Pest …, 2017 - Springer
Despite the increasing number of studies on the use of acoustic stimuli to control agricultural
pests, this approach is still theoretical. Many insect pests, in particular hemipterans, use …

Communication by substrate-borne mechanical waves in insects: from basic to applied biotremology

J Strauß, N Stritih-Peljhan, R Nieri… - Advances in insect …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biotremology is a field of study focused on an ancient way of communication by animals
endowed with specialized organs for emission and reception of substrate-borne vibrations …

Mating disruption of a grapevine pest using mechanical vibrations: from laboratory to the field

J Polajnar, A Eriksson, M Virant-Doberlet… - Journal of pest …, 2016 - Springer
Mating disruption using mechanical vibrations is a novel idea for integrated pest
management of insect pests. We present results of research on using artificial vibrational …

Scaphoideus titanus up-to-the-minute: biology, ecology, and role as a vector

E Gonella, G Benelli, N Arricau-Bouvery… - Entomologia …, 2024 - plantarum.izbis.bg.ac.rs
Native to the Nearctic region, Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) has
become a major threat for grapevine production after being unintentionally introduced into …

Mating disruption by vibrational signals: state of the field and perspectives

V Mazzoni, R Nieri, A Eriksson… - Biotremology: studying …, 2019 - Springer
Until a few years ago, the concept of mating disruption had been exclusively associated with
the use of pheromones to reduce population density of insect pests. Since the early 2000s, a …