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Fifty-five years of research on the sorghum shootfly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

W. R. Young
W. R. Young
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Rockefeller Foundation, G.P.O. Box 2453, Bangkok, Thailand
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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.

Keywords

Sorghum shootflyeconomic injury levelcarbofuranhost resistanceovipositional nonpreferenceantibiosisrecovery resistanceadditive gene action
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 2 , Special Issue 1-2: The Biology, Ecology and Control of the Sorghum Shootfly, Atherigona soccata Rondani , June 1981 , pp. 3 - 9
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Copyright © ICIPE 1981

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