Fifty-five years of research on the sorghum shootfly

Young, W.R. (1981) Fifty-five years of research on the sorghum shootfly. Insect Science and its Application, 2 (1-2). pp. 3-9.

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Abstract

The sorghum shootfly, Atherigona seccata Rondani, is the main species of Atherigona attacking cultivated and wild species of Sorghum in Africa and Asia. The past 55 years' research on the pest has produced means for its management. The bionomics of A. soccata are well known and are being applied for its cultural control by adjusting planting dates. Natural enemies of the shootfly are few and their biology little known. The systemic insecticide carbofuran as a seed and seed furrow treatment provides effective fly control where the cost-benefit is favorable. Sources of host plant resistance to shootfly have been recognized for about 35 years. Incorporation of this resistance in high yielding varieties through plant breeding should be more rapid now that the mechanisms of resistance and their inheritance, through additive gene action, are better understood. These resistance factors include non-preference for oviposition, antibiosis and recovery through tillering

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Sorghum shootfly; economic injury level; carbofuran; host resistance; ovipositional nonpreference; antibiosis; recovery resistance; additive gene action
Author Affiliation: Rockefeller Foundation, G.P.O. Box 2453, Bangkok, Thailand
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: Sorghum
Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited: 22 Feb 2012 07:45
Last Modified: 22 Feb 2012 07:45
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400002095
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/3130

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