Hot water immersion disinfests enset (Ensete ventricosum) suckers from the enset root mealybug Cataenococcus ensete Williams and Matile-Ferrero

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationHawassa Bureau of Agriculture, Ethiopiaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationHawassa Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSouthern Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopiaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen_US
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananasen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierGuy Blomme: 0000-0002-3857-964Xen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5897/ajar2018.13288en_US
cg.issn1991-637Xen_US
cg.issue38en_US
cg.journalAfrican Journal of Agricultural Researchen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.bioversityHOT WATER TREATMENTen_US
cg.subject.bioversityPEST MANAGEMENTen_US
cg.volume13en_US
dc.contributor.authorLemawork, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAzerefegne, F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAlemu, T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAddis, T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBlomme, Guyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-25T11:43:57Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-02-25T11:43:57Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99561en_US
dc.titleHot water immersion disinfests enset (Ensete ventricosum) suckers from the enset root mealybug Cataenococcus ensete Williams and Matile-Ferreroen_US
dcterms.abstractThe enset root mealybug, Cataenococcus ensete Williams and Matile-Ferrero (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) is a pest of national significance attacking enset in south and south-western Ethiopia. Adults and nymphs of several overlapping generations feed on the crops’ underground corms and roots, making them hard to reach and thus control. The main means of pest spread is through infested planting material. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a hot water treatment of enset suckers against enset root mealybugs. Small, medium and large-sized infested enset suckers were each exposed to water temperatures of 21, 55, 75 and 95°C for periods of 10, 30, 60 and 300 s. Complete mealybug mortality was obtained for 60 s at 55°C and at 10 and 30 s exposure times at 75 and 95°C without affecting the performance of enset suckers of all size groups. Considering the ease of using boiling water for small-scale enset farmers, immersing suckers for at least 10 and up to 30 s at 95°C is advocated in order to eliminate all enset root mealybugs from enset suckers. The immersion of enset suckers in boiling water for 10 to 30 s can be easily demonstrated, with a much higher envisaged adoption rate by farmers.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2018-09-20en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLemawork, S.; Azerefegne, F.; Alemu, T.; Addis, T.; Blomme, G. (2018). Hot water immersion disinfests enset (Ensete ventricosum) suckers from the enset root mealybug Cataenococcus ensete Williams and Matile-Ferrero. African Journal of Agricultural Research 13(38) p. 1990-1997. ISSN: 1991-637Xen_US
dcterms.extentp. 1990-1997en_US
dcterms.issued2018en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherAcademic Journalsen_US
dcterms.subjectensete ventricosumen_US
dcterms.subjectsuckersen_US
dcterms.subjectpseudococcidaeen_US
dcterms.subjecthot water treatmenten_US
dcterms.subjectpest managementen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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