caa a22 4500 386376107 CHVBK 20180307112019.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198912 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1742758400012571 doi S1742758400012571 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1742758400012571 Facknath S. School of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius Biological control of sugar-cane pests in mauritius: A case study [Elektronische Daten] [S. Facknath] There are 43 identified insect pests of sugar-cane in Mauritius, of which several are important enough to warrant control measures. However, insecticides are not used for this purpose. All the insect pests of sugar-cane are controlled biologically. This includes traditional biological control using parasites or predators, as well as more recent biology-based methods like the use of resistant cane varieties, sex pheromones, etc. Mauritius has the distinction of being the first country on record to have successfully introduced a natural enemy, namely the Minah bird, specifically to combat a pest—the Red Locust, Nomadacris septemfasciata, in 1792. Very few of the insect pests in Mauritius are indigenous; most of them are exotic, having been accidentally introduced into the country, one way or the other. Some of the important ones include: spotted stem borer (Chilo sacchariphagus), armoured scale (Aulacaspis tegalensis), white grub (Clemora smithi), white grub (Heteronychus licas), soft scale (Pulvinaria iceyi), armyworm (Leucania loreyi) and pink borer (Sesamia calamistis). The introduction of various natural enemies from different parts of the world has been made over the years with different degrees of success. In all, there are presently a total of 102 species of parasites and predators controlling 43 species of sugar-cane insect pests. With sugar-cane spread out over most of the island and representing 90% of all cultivated land, close vigilance over the important pest populations, and swift counter measures as appropriate, is required. This task is being performed efficiently and successfully by the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute. Copyright © ICIPE 1989 Nomadacris septemfasciata nationallicence biological control nationallicence sugar-cane pests nationallicence Chilo sacchariphagus nationallicence Aulacaspis tegalensis nationallicence Clemora smithi nationallicence Heteronychus licas nationallicence Pulvinaria iceyi nationallicence Leucania loreyi nationallicence Sesamia calamistis nationallicence Nomadacris septemfasciata nationallicence lutte biologique nationallicence ravageurs de la canne à sucre nationallicence Chilo sacchariphagus nationallicence Aulacaspis tegalensis nationallicence Clemora smithi nationallicence Heteronychus licas nationallicence Puhinaria iceyi nationallicence Leucania loreyi nationallicence International Journal of Tropical Insect Science Cambridge University Press 10/6(1989-12), 809-813 1742-7584 10:6<809 1989 10 JTI https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400012571 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400012571 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Facknath S. School of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Tropical Insect Science Cambridge University Press 10/6(1989-12), 809-813 1742-7584 10:6<809 1989 10 JTI CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge