Development of an Efficient Pheromone-Based Trapping Method for the Banana Root Borer Cosmopolites sordidus

Reddy, Gadi V. P.; Cruz, Z. T.; Guerrero, Ángel

doi:10.1007/s10886-008-9580-6

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“…The male-produced aggregation pheromone sordidin attracts both sexes, and mass trapping by using ground traps has the potential to replace inefficient insecticide treatments (Reddy et al 2009). …”

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Sex Pheromones and Their Impact on Pest Management

Witzgall¹,

Kirsch²,

2010

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The idea of using species-specific behavior-modifying chemicals for the management of noxious insects in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, stored products, and for insect vectors of diseases has been a driving ambition through five decades of pheromone research. Hundreds of pheromones and other semiochemicals have been discovered that are used to monitor the presence and abundance of insects and to protect plants and animals against insects. The estimated annual production of lures for monitoring and mass trapping is on the order of tens of millions, covering at least 10 million hectares. Insect populations are controlled by air permeation and attract-and-kill techniques on at least 1 million hectares. Here, we review the most important and widespread practical applications. Pheromones are increasingly efficient at low population densities, they do not adversely affect natural enemies, and they can, therefore, bring about a long-term reduction in insect populations that cannot be accomplished with conventional insecticides. A changing climate with higher growing season temperatures and altered rainfall patterns makes control of native and invasive insects an increasingly urgent challenge. Intensified insecticide use will not provide a solution, but pheromones and other semiochemicals instead can be implemented for sustainable area-wide management and will thus improve food security for a growing population. Given the scale of the challenges we face to mitigate the impacts of climate change, the time is right to intensify goal-oriented interdisciplinary research on semiochemicals, involving chemists, entomologists, and plant protection experts, in order to provide the urgently needed, and cost-effective technical solutions for sustainable insect management worldwide.

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Section: Practical Use Of Mass-trappingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sex Pheromones and Their Impact on Pest Management

Witzgall¹,

Kirsch²,

2010

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“…Conversely, it is important to emphasize that for the successful management of the banana root borer, the establishment of multiple control strategies is needed. This include a focus on increasing plant diversity (DASSOU et al, 2015), biological control through the use of entomopathogenic fungi (AKELLO et al, 2008;LOPES et al, 2013), and the use of pheromones to capture adult pests (REDDY et al, 2009;ALPIZAR et al, 2012).…”

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“…In banana orchards, studies of the management of C. sordidus have shifted to implementing microbial (AKELLO et al, 2008;LEMA-LÓPEZ et al, 2010;PAULI et al, 2011;FANCELLI et al, 2013;LOPES et al, 2013) and behavioral control (REDDY et al, 2009;ALPIZAR et al, 2012), as well as, more recently, environmental management (DASSOU et al, 2015). To expand the options for adequate pest management, researchers showed that planting bananas with genotypes that confer different levels of pest resistance to the plant is a possible strategy for management of the banana weevil.…”

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Infestation of the banana root borer among different banana plant genotypes

2017

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In this study, we aimed to investigate Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae ) infestation among different banana genotypes in a commercial banana orchard over the course of 30 months. Banana root borer infestation was compared in 20 banana genotypes, including five varieties and 15 hybrids. Overall, we observed that 94.17% of pest infestation cases occurred in the cortex region, and only 5.83% occurred in the central cylinder. Genotypes least sensitive to infestation were the Prata Anã (AAB) and Pacovan (AAB) varieties, where no damage was recorded. Among the hybrid genotypes, PV 9401 and BRS Fhia 18 showed intermediate levels of sensitivity, while BRS Tropical hybrids (AAAB), PA 9401 (AAAB), BRS Vitoria (AAAB), YB 4203 (AAAB), and Bucaneiro (AAAA) were the most sensitive to attack by banana root borer. This study demonstrated that the infestation of the banana root borer varies according banana plant genotype, and the utilization of less susceptible genotypes could reduce infestation rates of C. sordidus.

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“…Several studies have confirmed the efficacy of sordidinbaited pitfall traps (Tinzaara et al, 1999;de Graaf et al, 2005). A more recent study demonstrated that crawl-in ground traps outperform pitfall traps (Reddy et al, 2009), and that traps are more effective in the shade (Reddy et al, 2008(Reddy et al, , 2009). Reddy's group also has shown that brown or black pitfall traps are more efficacious than other colors (Reddy and Raman, 2011).…”

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Management of Cosmopolites sordidus and Metamasius hemipterus in Banana by Pheromone-Based Mass Trapping

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Mass trapping Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) using a pheromone-baited pitfall trap and Metamasius hemipterus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) using a pheromone-sugarcane-baited open gallon trap was conducted in commercial banana. Four traps for each insect per hectare were placed in each of two 5-hectare plots of banana. Two additional 5-hectare plots were designated as controls and treated according to the plantation protocol. Capture rates of C. sordidus and M. hemipterus declined by >75 % over 10-12 months. In the banana growing region studied, corm damage was due primarily to C. sordidus, while only a minor amount of damage was attributable to M. hemipterus. Corm damage reduction in trapping plots was, thus, attributed primarily to C. sordidus trapping. In trapping plots, corm damage decreased by 61-64 % during the experiment. Banana bunch weights increased 23 % relative to control plots after 11-12 months of trapping. Fruit diameter did not vary between bunches harvested from trapping plots vs. control plots. Plant vigor, however, as determined by stem circumference at one meter above ground increased in plots with traps compared to control plots. Trapping for C. sordidus in two plantations of over 200 hectares each, reduced corm damage 62-86 % relative to pre-trapping levels. Insecticide control measures in place when the experiment commenced resulted in about 20-30 % corm damage, while use of pheromone trapping to manage C. sordidus lowered corm damage to 10 % or less. It is estimated that the increase in value of increased yield obtained in this trial (23 %) is about $4,240 USD per year per hectare, while the cost of pheromone trapping is approximately $185 USD per year per hectare. The trapping program becomes revenue neutral if bunch weights increase by an average of 1 % per year of trapping. Approximately 10 % of all plantation area in Costa Rica use the pheromone trapping system described here. The system also is used in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and the Canary Islands.

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Development of an Efficient Pheromone-Based Trapping Method for the Banana Root Borer Cosmopolites sordidus

Cited by 37 publications

References 27 publications

Sex Pheromones and Their Impact on Pest Management

Sex Pheromones and Their Impact on Pest Management

Infestation of the banana root borer among different banana plant genotypes

Management of Cosmopolites sordidus and Metamasius hemipterus in Banana by Pheromone-Based Mass Trapping

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