Basic Study on Behavior Disturbance of Whitefly by Acoustic Means

本研究是为防治危害作物的害虫，特别是粉虱对作物的危害进行基础性研究。为了启动交配行为，粉虱通过小振幅的声信号相互交流。通过人工向粉虱发射通信信号，可以避免干扰粉虱的行为，导致其交配失败。测量了粉虱交配的声信号，并对其特征进行了评价。然后，我们对粉虱的声音进行了人工辐射。结果表明，声音的辐射似乎对粉虱有一定的影响。

This research is about a basic study to prevent damage of crop from crop-damaging insect, especially whitefly. To initiate mating behavior, the whitefly communicates each other by acoustic signal of small amplitude. By radiating communication signal to whitefly artificially, disturbance of behavior of whitefly, which results in failure of mating, is expected. We measured the acoustic signal of whitefly for mating and evaluated its characteristics. Then, we radiated the sound of whitefly artificially to whitefly. The obtained results suggest that the radiation of the sound seems to have some effects on whitefly.