Control of termites in sugarcane using insecticides

Kolo, I. N.; Nwosu, K. I.; Busari, L. D.

doi:10.1007/bf02995580

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“…This knowledge is essential to make a better use of the wide variety of chemical compounds that are now available for weed control, and for elucidating possible adverse environmental effects and their control [1]. In Nigeria, there are far-reaching literature on the sub-lethal toxicity of monocrotophos on animals at different concentrations [10,11,9]. However, despite the abundance of literature on monocrotophos in these aforementioned area, there is scantiness of information on the sorption kinetics of this pesticide in soils in Nigeria.…”

Section: Monocrotophosmentioning

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Sorption Kinetics Study of Monocrotophos (MCP) Pesticide in Unsterilized Soil

Pam

2015

ACSJ

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Sorption Kinetics of monocrotophos in sandy soil was studied with the aim to establish its fate in the soil. The soil used was characterized with respect to soil pH, organic carbon, moisture, silt, clay and sand content. The sorption kinetic studies were carried out by observing the disappearance of monocrotophos in solution for several days. The kinetic studies showed that sorption of monocrotophos followed first order kinetics and were measured in terms of two processes namely; fast and slow sorption. The amount of pesticide sorbed by soil was found to increase with time and the values showed that the soil has low capacity to sorbe or retain monocrotophos when applied. During this time, rate constant for the disappearance from solution of monocrotophos were found to be 18.2× 10 0 s -1 and 0.248 ×10 1 s -1 respectively in fast and slow sorption processes. While, the rates for fast sorption and slow sorption were found to be 5.3885 s -1 and 0.0315 s -1 .

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Section: Monocrotophosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sorption Kinetics Study of Monocrotophos (MCP) Pesticide in Unsterilized Soil

Pam

2015

ACSJ

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“…Termites attack the roots and stems of the plant and disrupts the translocaton of water and essential nutrients from the soil leading to death of the plant. Termite damage on sugarcane setts results in death of buds and young seedlings (Koto et al, 2000). Termite may attack any part of sett, but in the hard rinded varieties, they prefer to attack the ends, eye buds and root bands (Choudhary et al, 1986;Mill, 1996).…”

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Entomopathogenic fungi, Metarhizium anisopliae as a chemical substitute for termite pest management in sugarcane

Sudha Rani,

Krishnamma,

Rani

2024

JEB

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Aim: The present research study was undertaken to assess the efficacy of microbial and natural origin bio-pesticides in comparison to chemical control against termites infesting sugarcane. Methodology: Field trials were executed for a period of three successive seasons i.e., 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 at Sugarcane Research Station, Vuyyuru, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with seven treatments replicated thrice and imposed the treatments as per protocol. A set of four bio-pesticides (Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, Bacillus thuringiensis and Azadirachtin) and two insecticides (Imidacloprid and Bifenthrin) were evaluated for their efficacy against termite infestation in terms of both mean number of sugarcane setts infested and mean portion of setts infested by termites. Results: The chemicals imidacloprid and bifenthrin had registered highest per cent reduction of termite infestation over control. However, the biopesticides, Metarhizium anisopliae had registered least per cent reduction of mean number of setts infested with 59.95 at 60 DAP, 62.85 at 90 DAP and 56.03 at 120 DAP and mean portion of setts infested with termite was 56.20 per cent. With respect to yield also the chemical treatments viz., imidacloprid and bifenthrin had recorded higher yields with pooled mean of 77.33 and 76.78 t ha-1, followed by M. anisopliae with 73.94 t ha-1. Interpretation: Even though the chemical based treatments were found superior in reducing termite infestation, entomopathogenic fungi, M. anisopliae as biopesticide also attributed better results with regard to suppression of termite infestation and can be suggested as alternative or substitution to chemical based management. Key words: Chemical control, Entomopathogenic fungi, Metarhizium, Sugarcane, Termites

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“…Though termite attacks setts as well as grownup canes of any age, the methodology adopted is to evaluate insecticidal efficacy against termites on grownup crop (Singh and Singh, 1998;Kolo et al 2000 andSingh,2001). But it is more appropriate to test insecticidal efficacy on sett treatment than on grownup crop because 1) the experimentation can be initiated at planting itself without requiring waiting time and inputs for the crop to attain certain stage of growth, 2) laying of the experiment and effecting the treatments at planting are easier than in grownup crop, 3) due to the exposure of inner tissues at cut ends of setts and due to planting them contiguously in the soil, setts are more prone for termite attack than standing crop which improves the testing efficiency, 4) the magnitude of damage is several folds severe in the sett attack than on standing cane while comparing the number of buds damaged in the setts and standing cane in a given time and so, testing insecticidal efficacy is more important for sett protection, 5) due to the distribution pattern and inherent habit of progressive attack by termite, the probability of escape of the treatments partially or completely from termite attack in one or more replications is high.…”

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An effective method for evaluating the efficacy of insecticides against sugarcane termites

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A method has been developed to evaluate the efficacy of insecticides against sugarcane termites without requiring a standing crop of sugarcane. This method eliminates the possibility of 'escape' of attack in treatments and replicates together with applicability in as small as 1m 2 plots. In addition the method facilitates the evaluation to be completed in a short duration of about 30 days. In this method, bed system of planting was followed instead of the conventional ridges and furrows to accommodate more number of setts per unit area. Also, the setts were planted radially instead of the normal linear pattern to avoid bias due to unequal distance of setts from the bait spot. This method was used to assess the efficacy of dipping and drenching of setts for the protection against termites. Sett dipping was more effective, persistent and economical than sett drenching. All the test chemicals viz., Confidor, E2Y45 and Lindane effectively protected the setts for up to 30 days. However, lindane as sett dipping significantly suppressed bud germination.

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Control of termites in sugarcane using insecticides

Cited by 9 publications

References 4 publications

Sorption Kinetics Study of Monocrotophos (MCP) Pesticide in Unsterilized Soil

Sorption Kinetics Study of Monocrotophos (MCP) Pesticide in Unsterilized Soil

Entomopathogenic fungi, Metarhizium anisopliae as a chemical substitute for termite pest management in sugarcane

An effective method for evaluating the efficacy of insecticides against sugarcane termites

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