Banana Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles K. Twesigye ◽  
Kenneth Ssekatawa ◽  
Andrew Kiggundu ◽  
Wilberforce Tushemereirwe ◽  
Enock Matovu

1999 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 485-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Braimah ◽  
H.F. van Emden

AbstractThe effects of host and non-host plant odours on the foraging responses of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), were investigated in the laboratory through arena and olfactometer bioassays. Contrary to previous reports that banana rhizome and pseudostem were the most attractive parts to the weevil, dead leaves were most preferred. Comparison of dead banana leaves with dead leaves of other plants showed that attractant odours were present in yam, cocoyam and dead grasses but absent in cocoa and soybean leaves. Complete leaf senescence while the leaf was attached to the mother plant proved necessary for the development of the dead-leaf-based odours but the involvement of microbial organisms could not be demonstrated. It is possible that dead-leaf-based attractants could be used in combination with microbials such as entomogenous fungi and nematodes in integrated management of C. sordidus.


2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 563-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiggundu rew ◽  
Pillay Michael ◽  
Viljoen Altus ◽  
Gold Clifford ◽  
Tushemereirwe Wilberforce ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Musabyimana ◽  
R. C. Saxena ◽  
E. W. Kairu ◽  
C. K. P. O. Ogol ◽  
Z. R. Khan

2012 ◽  
pp. 199-204
Author(s):  
D.J.H. Lopes ◽  
M.L. Ornelas ◽  
M. Filipe ◽  
R.M.S. Pimentel ◽  
J.T.O. Martins ◽  
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