Preliminary studies on entomopathogens associated with sugar cane pests in Mauritius
| MSI99P2709 | |
| Behary Paray, N. Rajabalee, A. | |
| Preliminary studies on entomopathogens associated with sugar cane pests in Mauritius | |
| Lalouette, J. A., Bachraz, D. Y., Sukurdeep, N., Seebaluck, B. D.(eds), Proceedings of the Second Annual Meeting of Agricultural Scientists, Reduit,Mauritius, 12-13 August 1997 | |
| Book chapter | |
| 1998 | |
| p.15-20 | |
| Reduit, Food and Agricultural Research Council | |
| En | |
| En | |
| Research work on entomopathogens has been initiated at the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute primarily for the control of sugar cane white grubs. The local species, Heteronychus licas Klug. a chronic problem in young plant cane and Hophochelus marginalis Fairmaier present in Reunion Island are our main concern. The search for promising isolates from local insect species is in progress. Metarhizium anisopliae Metsch. has been detected on sugar cane pests namely the red locust, Nomadacris septemfasciata Serv. , the white grub, Phyllophaga smithi Arrow and the spotted borer, Chilo sacchariphagus Bojer. One Poecilomyces sp. has also been found on the latter. Laboratory infectivity trials show that the Phyllophaga isolate is highly infectious against a number of key agricultural pests. Placement of spores in the soil is an important aspect for efficacy in the field. The same isolate has been successfully mass-produced on rice; preliminary field trials have been set up to assess its efficacy against H. licas in highly infested zones. | |
| SUGARCANE PESTS PEST CONTROL PARASITES ENTOMOPATHOGENS | |
| MAURITIUS | |
| Sugarcane: Pests, pest control and management | |
| White grubs | |
| 1997-09-26 | |
| En | |
| LIB | |
| CAT | |
| ENTO |