Entomopathogens on sugar cane insect pests in Mauritius and their sensitivity to selected pesticides

Code (CO)	MSI11P4576
Author (AU)	Behary Paray, N
Title - English (ET)	Entomopathogens on sugar cane insect pests in Mauritius and their sensitivity to selected pesticides
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)	Metarhizium anisopliae and Paecilomyces sp. were detected on the major sugar cane insect pests occurring in Mauritius. Sensitivity of two isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae Metsch. to three fungicides (metalaxyl, benomyl and mancozeb) and three insecticides (cyromazine, deltamethrin and methamidophos) was investigated in-vitro on liquid and solid media. The three fungicides completely suppressed radial growth of one isolate while metalaxyl permitted slight radial growth of the other. The insecticides tested had no marked effect on the growth of the isolates. Dry mycelial weight was three to more than ten times greater in the insecticide-treated media and in the control than in the fungicide-treated media.
Descriptors - English (DE)	sugarcane pests insect pests entomopathogens Metarhizium anisopliae Paecilomyces sp. pesticides insecticides fungicides
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	Mauritius
Sort Key 1(K1)	Sugarcane: Pests, pest control and management
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Parasites
Date record entered (DA)	2011-09-12
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Location (LO)	LIB
Processing status (PS)	CAT
MSIRI Staff (MS)	ENTO