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Surveying Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in a small scale grower sector of the South African sugar industry

Mike Way, François-Régis Goebel, W. A. Gillespie

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Abstract

In 2002, an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) project between the South African Sugar Experiment Station (SASEX) and Centre de Cooperation International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (CIRAD) was initiated in one of the small scale sectors of the South African sugar industry. The aims are to study the current pest status of stem borers in these communities in relation to farming practices, and to collect information on any relevant environmental, socioeconomic and agronomic conditions. During May 2002, preliminary surveys were completed in 55 fields at Sezela (30.22S 30.39E), in 12-month old sugarcane varieties NCo376 and N12 on small scale farms at Mission Section (MS) and 35 in comparable fields in the commercial sector (CS), which is in close proximity to Mission Section.

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In 2002, an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) project between the South African Sugar Experiment Station (SASEX) and Centre de Cooperation International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (CIRAD) was initiated in one of the small scale sectors of the South African sugar industry. The aims are to study the current pest status of stem borers in these communities in relation to farming practices, and to collect information on any relevant environmental, socioeconomic and agronomic conditions. During May 2002, preliminary surveys were completed in 55 fields at Sezela (30.22S 30.39E), in 12-month old sugarcane varieties NCo376 and N12 on small scale farms at Mission Section (MS) and 35 in comparable fields in the commercial sector (CS), which is in close proximity to Mission Section.

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In 2002, an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) project between the South African Sugar Experiment Station (SASEX) and Centre de Cooperation International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (CIRAD) was initiated in one of the small scale sectors of the South African sugar industry. The aims are to study the current pest status of stem borers in these communities in relation to farming practices, and to collect information on any relevant environmental, socioeconomic and agronomic conditions. During May 2002, preliminary surveys were completed in 55 fields at Sezela (30.22S 30.39E), in 12-month old sugarcane varieties NCo376 and N12 on small scale farms at Mission Section (MS) and 35 in comparable fields in the commercial sector (CS), which is in close proximity to Mission Section.

Key concepts: Pyralidae, PEST analysis, Integrated pest management, Agriculture, Scale (ratio), Lepidoptera genitalia, Geography, Saccharina

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