Damage and hoarding by rodents and their control in standing wheat in Himachal Pradesh

Sheikher, Chander; Jain, Shekhar

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“…Rodents are important pests in crop production (Larsson, 1975;Santini, 1986;Sheikher and Jain, 1991;Jokić et al, 2010) both as transmitters of a number of diseases and animals that cause feeding damage and pollution (Hrgović et al, 1991) in warehouses, granaries and grain mills (Pimentel, 1991) and on farms (Meerburg et al, 2004;Pelz and Klemann, 2004). A wide range of precautionary control methods have been used to prevent rodent damage (Jacob, 2003;Brown and Khamphoukeo, 2010;Stuart et al, 2010).…”

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Effects of different essential oils on the acceptability and palatability of cereal-based baits for laboratory mice

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SUMMARYThe aim of our study was to investigate the possibility of application of essential oils as additives in cereal-based rodenticide baits, at rates which prevent mould development and are applicable in humane medicine. Also, the purpose of these oils would be to extend the utility value of baits and reduce the use of antifungal ingredients that usually affect bait acceptance.The effects of essential oils of ten different plant species, applied at rates of one and two ml per kg of plain bait, on bait acceptance and palatability in choice feeding tests for Swiss mice were studied under controlled laboratory conditions. Baits were prepared according to relevant EPPO standards (2004). The effects of essential oils on bait acceptance and palatability for Swiss mice were determined in choice feeding tests using a formula by Johnson and Prescott (1994).There was no significant statistical difference in effects between groups and sexes regarding weight change in the experiment. During the experiment and recovery period, neither change in mice behavior no deaths were observed. Cinnamon and anise essential oils, commonly used as attractants, and clove oil, were most effective because they had no negative effect on bait acceptance and palatability, while fenchel and bergamot oils showed repellent activity that grew as the oil content in baits increased.

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Effects of different essential oils on the acceptability and palatability of cereal-based baits for laboratory mice

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“…By harvest time, the species became the major pest due to rapid breeding. Just before harvest, the paddy fields became a maze of bandicoot runways with The data recorded on live burrow count (LBC/ha), trap index (TI) and cut tillers in sali rice reveal that all the treatments performed significantly better over control in reduction of rodent population as well as damage ( Table 2) Sheikher and Jain (1991) found that burrow baiting with zinc phosphide (2.5%) followed by bromadiolone 0.005 per cent after one month of treatment significantly control rodents and the control success was 93.1 per cent. Ahmed (1996) also reported that control success of baiting with zinc phosphide followed by brodifacoum was 81.8 per cent in sugarcane and 59.4 per cent in adjoining wheat crop which was significantly better than those of single baiting with either of the rodenticides.…”

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Effect of rodenticides and traps against lesser bandicoot rat, (Bandicota bengalensis) in rice field

Borah

Mallick

2016

IJARe

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An investigation was carried out at Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Titabor and Instructional-Cum-Research Farm, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat during 2013-14 and 2014-15 in boro and sali season respectively. The field trials were conducted to evaluate effectiveness by combining rodenticides with local bamboo traps against field rodents in rice. Combined effect of rodenticides and traps were evaluated at different growth stages of rice against Bandicota bengalensis in terms of live burrow count (LBC/ha), trapping index (TI) as well as per cent cut tillers in both boro and sali rice, respectively. Baiting with bromadiolone (0.005%) at panicle initiation stage and bamboo traps at milky stage recorded the highest reduction in rodent population (72.39% LBC/ha, 70.57% TI and 68.13% cut tillers) in boro and (72.27% LBC/ha, 77.13% TI and 70.77% cut tillers) in sali rice over control at harvesting stage. The second best treatment in respect of per cent reduction of LBC/ha, trap index and cut tillers was bamboo traps at maximum tillering stage and bromadiolone (0.005%) at panicle initiation stage in both boro and sali rice, respectively which recorded a reduction of 65.89% LBC/ha, 66.19% TI and 65.66% cut tillers in boro rice and 68.33% LBC/ha, 71.04% TI and 62.83% tiller damage in sali rice

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“…The relative yield loss caused by rodents in our study was greater than in the Mekong study. The mean body weight of B. bengalensis is up to 400 g, approximately double that of R. argentiventer, plus the rodent cuts and hoards the rice panicles at the ripening and harvesting stages (Sheikher et al 1991;Htwe et al 2017). R. argentiventer does not horde rice in its burrows.…”

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Interactions between rodents and weeds in a lowland rice agro‐ecosystem: the need for an integrated approach to management

Htwe

Singleton

Johnson

2019

Integrative Zoology

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Rodents and weeds are important pests to rice crops in Southeast Asia. The interaction between these 2 major pests is poorly documented. In temperate cereal systems, seeds of grass weeds can be an important food source for rodents and weed cover along crop margins provides important refuge for rodents. In 2012 and 2013, a replicated study (n = 4) in Bago, Myanmar compared 4 treatments (rodents and weeds; no rodents and weeds; rodents and no weeds; no rodents and no weeds) each of 0.25 ha in transplanted rice. Weeds were managed with hand weeding in the wet season, and hand weeding and herbicides in the dry season. Plastic fences were installed to exclude rodents. We examined the weed cover and relative abundance of weed species, rodent damage, rodent population dynamics and rice yield loss caused by rodents and weeds. The dominant rodent species was Bandicota bengalensis. In the dry season, Cyperus difformis was dominant at the tillering stage and Echinochloa crus‐galli was the dominant weed species at the booting stage. In the wet season E. crus‐galli was a dominant weed throughout the season. Damage by rodents was higher in the dry season. There were larger economic benefits for best weed management and effective rodent control in the dry season (258 US$/ha) than in the wet season (30 US$/ha). Concurrent control of weeds in and around rice fields combined with coordinated community trapping of rodents during the early tillering stage and ripening stage of rice are recommended management options.

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Damage and hoarding by rodents and their control in standing wheat in Himachal Pradesh

Cited by 6 publications

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Effects of different essential oils on the acceptability and palatability of cereal-based baits for laboratory mice

Effects of different essential oils on the acceptability and palatability of cereal-based baits for laboratory mice

Effect of rodenticides and traps against lesser bandicoot rat, (Bandicota bengalensis) in rice field

Interactions between rodents and weeds in a lowland rice agro‐ecosystem: the need for an integrated approach to management

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