Researching biopesticides for the control of sugar cane white grubs in the SADC region

Code (CO)	MSI11P4575
Author (AU)	Conlong, D E Ganeshan, S
Title - English (ET)	Researching biopesticides for the control of sugar cane white grubs in the SADC region
Thesis-Parent title (TH)	[Programme and Abstracts] ISSCT 8th Entomology Workshop: Recent advances and new challenges for sugar cane pest management, Mauritius, 28 March-1 April 2011
Meeting (MT)	ISSCT 8th Entomology Workshop: Recent advances and new challenges for sugar cane pest management, Mauritius, 28 March-1 April 2011
Document Type(DT)	book chapter
Date of publication (DP)	2011
Source (SO)	[1 p.]
Notes (NO)	Abstract only
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	An ambitious four year project has commenced, spearheaded by SASRI and MSIRI, and funded by the European Union, to investigate biopesticides for the sugar industries in the developing countries of SADC. It involves six sugar producing countries in southern and eastern Africa as well as the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius, Reunion and Madagascar. The project aims to determine the species composition and population dynamics of the white grub communities affecting sugar cane in these regions, and the prevalence of indigenous entomopathogens on any life stages of these. The species composition of the former and latter will be determined using morphological and molecular techniques. A biosystematic identification centre will be established at Stellenbosch University, staffed by a post-Doctoral researcher to complete these identifications. Diseased life stages/ cadavers from all collaborators will be sent to the South African Agricultural Research Council-Small Grain Institute who have a quarantine laboratory for entomopathogens. There the entomopathogens will be isolated from the cadavers, populations grown and curated, and also tested for virulence against meal worms (Tenebrio
Descriptors - English (DE)	sugarcane pests biopesticides white grubs entomopathogens Galleria Galleria mellonella Tenebrio sp. mitochondrial DNA
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	Mauritius
Sort Key 1(K1)	Sugarcane: Pests, pest control and management
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Biological control
Date record entered (DA)	2011-09-12
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Location (LO)	LIB
Processing status (PS)	CAT
MSIRI Staff (MS)	ENTO