Integration of pheromones and the entomopathogenic fungus for the management of the banana weevil

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationKawanda Agricultural Research Institute, Ugandaen
cg.contributor.donorRockefeller Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.issn1026-0919en
cg.issue1en
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaBANANAen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT DISEASESen
cg.subject.iitaDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT HEALTHen
cg.subject.iitaPESTS OF PLANTSen
cg.volume9en
dc.contributor.authorTinzaara, Williamen
dc.contributor.authorGold, Cliford S.en
dc.contributor.authorNankinga, C.en
dc.contributor.authorDicke, M.en
dc.contributor.authorHuis, A. vanen
dc.contributor.authorRagama, P.E.en
dc.contributor.authorKagezi, G.H.en
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-21T14:12:55Zen
dc.date.available2019-08-21T14:12:55Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/103311
dc.titleIntegration of pheromones and the entomopathogenic fungus for the management of the banana weevilen
dcterms.abstractCandidate strains of the fungus Beauveria bassiana have been identified for the intergrated pest management of the banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus). However, the important limiting factor has been the lack of an economic and effective delivery system to maximize field effects. Catches in pheromone traps are low and currently, costs of using B. bassiana are high. The two methods of pheromone trapping and application of fungus, may be intergreted to provide a cost effective strategy for the control of the pest. We conducted studies to determine the potential for the pheromone-baited traps to aggregate the banana weevil around the trap mat and to determine the effect of different delivery systems of B. bassiana using pheromones. Our data show that twice as many weevils were captured in pseudostem traps at the base of the trap mat (pheromone-baited mat) than at mats< 5m from the trap mat, and four times as many than at mats > 5m away. The results suggest that many weevils are attracted to pheromone lures but fail to enter the traps, resulting in weevil aggregation in the vicinity of pheromone traps.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTinzaara, W., Gold, C.S., Nankinga, C., Dicke, M., Van Huis, A., Ragama, P.E. & Kagezi, G.H. (2004). Integration of pheromones and the entomopathogenic fungus for the management of the banana weevil. Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 9(1), 621-629.en
dcterms.extentp. 621-629en
dcterms.issued2004
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectbeauveria bassianaen
dcterms.subjectmusaen
dcterms.subjecttransmissionsen
dcterms.subjectpheromonesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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