Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-p2v8j Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-05-07T16:16:44.830Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Comparative biology and ecology of Apanteles flavipes (Cam.) and A. sesamiae Cam. as parasites of graminaceous borers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. I. Mohyuddin
A. I. Mohyuddin
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (Pakistan Station), Pehlvi Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

A panteles flavipes (Cam.) and A. sesamiae Cam. are important parasites of graminaceous borers in the Oriental and Ethiopian Regions, respectively. Both have been utilised for biological control. A. sesamiae has become the commonest parasite of Sesamia calamistis Hmps. in Mauritius (Anon., 1954), while A. flavipes has become remarkably successful against Diatraea saccharalis (F.) in Barbados (Simmonds, 1969a). In view of the interest engendered in these parasites, particularly the latter, by these successes, a general account is presented here of their biology, based on published data and on the author's observations at the East African Station (Kawanda, Uganda) of the Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control.

Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , October 1971 , pp. 33 - 40
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Anon. (1954). Review of agricultural entomology during the period 1948–1954.—Rep. VIth Commonw. ent. Conf. 1954, 281–284.Google Scholar
Appert, J., Betbeder-Matibet, M. & Ranaivosa, H. (1969). Twenty years of biological control in Madagascar.—Agron. trop. 24, 555–572.Google Scholar
Betbeder-Matibet, M. & Malinge, P. (1967). Un succès de la lutte biologique: controle de Proceras sacchariphagus Boj., borer ponctué de Ia canne à sucre à Madagascar par un parasite introduit, Apanteles flavipes Cam.—Agron. trop. 22, 1196–1220.Google Scholar
Gifford, J. R. & Mann, G. M. (1967). Biology, rearing, and a trial release of Apanteles flavipes in Florida Everglades to control the sugarcane borers.—J. econ. Ent. 60, 44–47.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Khanna, K. L., Nigam, L. N. & Puri, V. D. (1957). Chilo tumidicostalis Hampson–a serious stem borer pest of sugarcane in Bihar.—Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (B) 46 (2), 75–95.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lien-Chang, Li (1965). Studies on the apple Pierid (Aporia crataegi L.) in Shansi. [In Chinese]—Acta ent. sin. 14, 545–551.Google Scholar
Madge, D. S. (1961). The control of relative humidity with aqueous solutions of sodium hydroxide.—Entomologia exp. appl. 4, 143–147.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mohyuddin, A. I. & Greathead, D. J. (1970). An annotated list of the parasites of graminaceous stem-borers in East Africa with a discussion of their potential in biological control.—Entomophaga 15, 241–274.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Moutia, L. A. & Courtois, C. M. (1952). Parasites of the moth-borers of sugarcane in Mauritius.—Bull. ent. Res. 43, 325–359.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rao, V. P. (1965). Natural enemies of rice stem-borers and allied species in various parts of the world and possibilities of their use in biological control of rice stem-borers in Asia.—Tech. Bull. Commonw. Inst. biol. Control no. 6, 68 pp.Google Scholar
Simmonds, F. J. (1969 a). Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control. Brief résumé of activities and recent successes achieved.—16 pp. Commonw. Inst. Biol. Control Cunepe, Trinidad.Google Scholar
Simmonds, F. J. (1969 b). Report of work carried out during 1969.—103 pp. Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control.Google Scholar
Ullyett, G. C. (1935). Notes on Apanteles sesamiae Cam., a parasite of the maize stalk-borer (Busseola fusca, Fuller) in South Africa.—Bull. ent. Res. 26, 253–262.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Watanabe, C. (1965). Notes on the Apanteles flavipes complex (Hymenoptera, Braconidae).—Mushi 38, 111–116.Google Scholar
Wilkinson, D. S. (1932). A revision of the Ethiopian species of the genus Apanteles (Hym. Bracon.).—Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 80, 301–344.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Yasumatsu, K. (1967). Distribution and bionomics of natural enemies of rice stem-borers. (Research on the natural enemies of rice stem borers).—Mushi 39, Suppl. 33–34.Google Scholar