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The banana weevil borer

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This chapter discusses the impact of the banana weevil borer (Banana black weevil), Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). It provides an overview of the spread of the pe...
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  • 11 March 2024
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This chapter discusses the impact of the banana weevil borer (Banana black weevil), Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). It provides an overview of the spread of the pest, its life cycle and the impact on plant health and yields. The chapter then discusses control measures. These include chemical control, cultural /agronomic practices, the use of pheromones in monitoring and mass trapping, genetic resistance and the use of predator species, nematodes and entomopathogens against weevils. The chapter also looks at the link between the pest and disease in banana.

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Price: $32.50
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publication Date: 11 March 2024
ISBN: 9781835451168
Format: eBook
BISACs: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Pest Control, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Tropical Agriculture
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  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Distribution, life cycle and impact
  • 3 Strategies for control of banana weevils
  • 4 Chemical and biochemical control
  • 5 Cultural control
  • 6 Ethological control
  • 7 Genetic control
  • 8 Biological control
  • 9 Cosmopolites sordidus and the dissemination of disease
  • 10 Conclusion
  • 11 References