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Applied Entomology Lab
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The lab explores insect behavior through chemical substances and light.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring insect behavior through chemicals and light.
The Applied Entomology Lab studies how insects choose the plants they feed on, and pest control technologies that use light.
The lab investigates which plant chemicals are involved in host plant selection, the process by which insects search for food plants, feed on them, and lay eggs.
The other pillar of its work is research on controlling pest behavior with blue LED light, aiming at pest control technologies that can replace insecticides.
Key terms
- Host plant selection
- Host plant selection: the whole sequence in which an insect searches for a food plant (host plant), feeds on it, and lays eggs
- Feeding stimulant
- Feeding stimulant: a chemical contained in a plant that triggers an insect to start feeding or to keep feeding
- Attractant
- Attractant: a chemical that draws an insect in when it is searching for a food plant
ResearchResearch themes
The lab works on two themes: how insects choose the plants they feed on, and pest control technologies that use light. In the former, it examines the action of plant chemicals at the level of individual substances; in the latter, it aims to develop pest control technologies with a low environmental burden.
*Illustrative imageHow insects choose their food plants
The lab investigates how plant chemicals act during host plant selection. In the strawberry leaf beetle, it is elucidating the whole sequence, from attractants to feeding stimulants, at the level of individual substances.
*Illustrative imageControlling pests with blue light
Aiming at pest control technologies that can replace insecticides, the lab studies the use of LED light to control the behavior of important pests such as leafminer flies. The lab says that if light can control pest behavior, it will be possible to develop energy-saving pest control technologies with a low environmental burden.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Applied Entomology Lab consist of faculty, doctoral students (including working professionals), master's students, and undergraduate students.
- ProfessorMasatoshi Hori
- Assistant ProfessorAtsuhiko Nagasawa
- Assistant ProfessorShahenda AbuElEla Ali AbuElEla
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Flatid leaf bugs and nymphs (Phromnia rosea)” Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- How insects choose their food plants: “A comouflage insect feeding on a fruit” Alyciakay / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Controlling pests with blue light: “Insect Pest Control Laboratory ( )” IAEA Imagebank / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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