Effect of the stem borer Chilo sacchariphagus (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on sucrose percent cane in three cane varieties

Code (CO)	MSI04P3969
Author (AU)	Soma, A. Ramnawaz, C. Ganeshan, S.
Title - English (ET)	Effect of the stem borer Chilo sacchariphagus (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on sucrose percent cane in three cane varieties
Thesis-Parent title (TH)	5th ISSCT Sugarcane Entomolgy workshop, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 23-29 November 2003: Programme of events and Abstracts of papers
Document Type(DT)	book chapter
Date of publication (DP)	2003
Source (SO)	p. 17
Publisher (PB)	Mandeville: Sugar Industry Research Institute, The Department of Life Sciences & Natural Products Institute, Univ. of West Indies and ISSCT
Notes (NO)	Abstract only
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	The incidence in Mauritius of the spottend stem borer Chilo sacchariphagus has been on the increase in the past years and severe damage leading to stalk death occurs occasionally. Planting season, lack of irrigation, and cane varieties seem to be the factors responsible for this increase. The effect of varying levels of borer damage was assessed in mature cane of the same age in four fields of cultivars M 3035/66, M 1176/77 and M 52/78. Results are in concordance with previous work in that the borer causes up to 12 per cent decrease in sucrose percent cane as the number of bored internodes per stalk exceeds 5.
Descriptors - English (DE)	Sugarcane Spotted borers Chilo sacchariphagus pests insect pests
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	Mauritius
Sort Key 1(K1)	Sugarcane: Pests, pest control and management
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Insect pests: Chilo sacchariphagus
Date record entered (DA)	3004-01-29
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Location (LO)	ENTO
Processing status (PS)	CAT
MSIRI Staff (MS)	ENTO