scholarly journals Use of banker plant system for sustainable management of the most important insect pest in rice fields in China

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xusong Zheng ◽  
Yanhui Lu ◽  
Pingyang Zhu ◽  
Facheng Zhang ◽  
Junce Tian ◽  
...  
Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 397
Author(s):  
Chang-Rong Zhang ◽  
Mei Liu ◽  
Fei-Xue Ban ◽  
Xiao-Li Shang ◽  
Shao-Lan Liu ◽  
...  

The stick tea thrip Dendrothrips minowai (Priesner) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is a destructive pest in tea plantations in south and southwest China. To control this pest, a non-crop banker plant system was developed using a polyphagous predator Orius strigicollis (Poppius) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) with the black bean aphid Aphis fabae (Scopoli) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) as an alternative prey and the faba bean Vicia faba as the banker plant to support the predator in targeting the pest. The fitness of A. fabae on tea plants and faba bean was evaluated to determine its host specificity. Moreover, the control efficacy of the banker plant system on D. minowai on tea plants was tested in the laboratory and compared with that of direct release of O. strigicollis. The experiments showed that faba bean was an excellent non-crop host for A. fabae because, while the aphid population increased quickly on faba bean, it could only survive for up to 9 days on tea plants. Compared with direct release of O. strigicollis, lower densities of pest were observed when introducing the banker plant system. Our results indicate that this banker plant system has the potential to be implemented in the field to improve the control of the pest thrips.


2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Siti Latifatus Siriyah ◽  
Miftakhul B.R. Khamid ◽  
Fawzy M Bayfurqon

Insects were collected from rice fields in Karawang West Java. Since insects are dominant in Rice field, their role in the ecosystem are important regarding the rice production. Therefore, the occurance of insect species and their role in ecosystem are important to understand. The aim of this reasearch was to study the insect occurance in rice field in Karawang to obtain the potential candidate for biological control agent. The insects were collected using sweep net, pit fall trap and light trap. Nine insect orders were collected and 49 morphospecies were identified including insect pest, parasitoids, predator, tourist and detritivore. Paederus sp., Cyrtohinus and Micraspis sp., were the most abundant entomophagous insect that is potential candidate for biological control agent in Karawang. Keywords: insect, insect diversity, rice fields, karawang


2020 ◽  
Vol 08 (03) ◽  
pp. 117-129
Author(s):  
San San Oo ◽  
Khin Myat Hmwe ◽  
Nyo Nyo Aung ◽  
Aye Aye Su ◽  
Khin Khin Soe ◽  
...  

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