Specific Diversity and Damage of Termites on Upland Rice in Benin

Togola, Abou; Kotoklo, E. A.; Nwilene, F. E.; Amevoin, K.; Glitho, Isabelle Adolé; Oyetunji, O. E.; Kiepe, Paul

doi:10.3923/je.2012.352.360

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“…Forage substrate use by fungus-growing termites found in the literature (for a full list of all references and their reported findings, see Table S1 [5,74,75,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125]) mapped on a schematic phylogeny of the subfamily [35]. Species given the same species name or labelled sp.…”

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Symbiotic Plant Biomass Decomposition in Fungus-Growing Termites

Costa

et al. 2019

Insects

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Termites are among the most successful animal groups, accomplishing nutrient acquisition through long-term associations and enzyme provisioning from microbial symbionts. Fungus farming has evolved only once in a single termite sub-family: Macrotermitinae. This sub-family has become a dominant decomposer in the Old World; through enzymatic contributions from insects, fungi, and bacteria, managed in an intricate decomposition pathway, the termites obtain near-complete utilisation of essentially any plant substrate. Here we review recent insights into our understanding of the process of plant biomass decomposition in fungus-growing termites. To this end, we outline research avenues that we believe can help shed light on how evolution has shaped the optimisation of plant-biomass decomposition in this complex multipartite symbiosis.

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Symbiotic Plant Biomass Decomposition in Fungus-Growing Termites

Costa

et al. 2019

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“…However, in central Benin, in addition to Z. variegatus , control strategies need to be focused on termite pests and the rice yellow mottle virus. According to Togola et al ., 18 Microcerotermes parvus , Microtermes sp., Pseudacanthotermes militaris and Amitermes evuncifer are the termite pests to target in rice fields. Koudamiloro et al 49 .…”

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“…as the most important, causing ≤60% of yield losses 12–15 . Although some studies have been carried out on rice field pests in Benin, they were focused mainly on stem borers 16,17 ; termites 18 and several diseases such as narrow brown leaf spot of rice, 9,19,20 rice blast, 20 false smut disease, 19 rice yellow mottle disease 21 and bacterial leaf blight 22 . None of these studies gives a global vision of the pests' relative importances across the different Beninese rice‐growing areas.…”

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Rice pests in the Republic of Benin: farmers' perceptions, knowledge and management practices

Toffa

Loko

Djèdatin

et al. 2021

Pest Management Science

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“…They are all considered as potential vectors of RYMV due to their presence in these fields (Nwilene, 1999). In Benin, Little research has been done on the diversity of insect pests in rice fields and are mainly related to stem borers (Togola et al, 2010;Togola et al, 2011), root termites (Togola et al, 2012) and storage insects (Togola et al, 2014). However, for a better understanding of the RYMV epidemiology and its distribution, the entomofauna of potential vectors should be known.The present study aims therefore at inventorying the insect pests, potential vectors of RYMV in Southern and Central basin of the rice production in Benin.…”

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Survey of potential insect vectors of Rice Yellow Mottle Virus in the Southern and Central rice basin of Benin

Koudamiloro¹,

Togola²,

Djihinto³

et al. 2019

J. App. Bioscience.

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Objectives: Insects are considered as the main vectors of Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (RYMV) in Africa. However, in Benin, little is known about the abundance and diversity of potential insect vectors of RYMV in rice fields to prevent and manage disease impact on rice production. Methodology and Results: The inventory of the potential insect vectors of this disease was carried out in the rice basin of the Southern and Central of Benin where three sites namely AfricaRice station, Koussin and Ouedeme, were prospected. The sweep net technique, visual observation and yellow plates trap were used to conduct the surveys. Eighty insect species belonging to 28 families and 8 orders were recorded at rice tillering, booting, heading and maturation stages. Variation of insect diversity was low among the sites. The shorthorned grasshopper Oxya hyla (Serville), the ladybird beetle Chnootriba similis (Mulsant), the rice white leafhopper Cofana spectra (Distant) and the stalk-eyed fly Diopsis thoracica (Westwood) were the most important species considering their relative abundance (10.62%, 5.19%, 7.99% and 7.01%, respectively) and frequency of occurrence (90%, 80%, 73.33% and 80%, respectively). These insects were mostly present at tillering and booting stages. Conclusion and application of results: Seventy-five (75 %) of the recorded species were not identified as RYMV vectors before. Special attention must be paid to the distribution and importance of these insects in the fields. Studies on their ability to transmit RYMV according ecological conditions should be done to know high-risk production areas and to prevent large epidemics of RYMV.

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Specific Diversity and Damage of Termites on Upland Rice in Benin

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

Symbiotic Plant Biomass Decomposition in Fungus-Growing Termites

Symbiotic Plant Biomass Decomposition in Fungus-Growing Termites

Rice pests in the Republic of Benin: farmers' perceptions, knowledge and management practices

Survey of potential insect vectors of Rice Yellow Mottle Virus in the Southern and Central rice basin of Benin

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