Economic Impact of Pecan Integrated Pest Management Implementation in Texas

Abstract The sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (F.), is the primary pest of sugarcane, Saccharum spp., in Louisiana. Recent evidence suggests an integrated pest management (IPM) program has reduced the pest’s impact, but the success of this program has not been assessed across the industry. The level of D. saccharalis injury present at harvest was recorded from 388 billet samples from five sugar mills from 2017 to 2019. These results were used to estimate direct and indirect revenue losses from D. saccharalis on the Louisiana sugarcane industry. Insecticide use records were used to estimate control costs and determine total economic impact. The mean percentage of bored internodes was 1.1, 0.3, and 1.7% for 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively. Direct losses from reduced sugar yield averaged US$4.6 million across years. Indirect losses across years accounted for US$3.0 million and $463,000 for insecticidal control costs and reduced milling efficiency, respectively. The total economic impact of D. saccharalis averaged $8.0 million annually during the three-year study period. This study demonstrates the efficacy of pest management implementation in reducing D. saccharalis injury and highlights the value of IPM. Our findings provide new support for the emergence of D. saccharalis management in the Louisiana sugarcane industry as a modern IPM success story.

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Economic Impact of Integrated Pest Management Strategies for the Suppression of Mango-Infesting Fruit Fly Species in Africa

Fruit Fly Research and Development in Africa - Towards a Sustainable Management Strategy to Improve Horticulture ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-43226-7_33 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 755-770 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Beatrice W. Muriithi ◽

Gracious M. Diiro ◽

Hippolyte Affognon ◽

Sunday Ekesi

Keyword(s):

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Economic Impact ◽

Pest Management ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Fruit Fly

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What can we learn from more recent (and more 'rigorous') economic impact assessments of integrated pest management farmer field schools (IPM-FFS)?

The economics of integrated pest management of insects ◽

10.1079/9781786393678.0035 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 35-48

Author(s):

R. Rejesus

Keyword(s):

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Economic Impact ◽

Pest Management ◽

Farmer Field Schools ◽

Field Schools

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The possibilities of biologically protecting plants against diseases in nurseries, with special consideration of Oomycetes and Fusarium fungi

Forest Research Papers ◽

10.2478/frp-2014-0029 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 75 (3) ◽

pp. 301-321 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Adam Okorski ◽

Tomasz Oszako ◽

Justyna A. Nowakowska ◽

Agnieszka Pszczółkowska

Keyword(s):

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Economic Impact ◽

Pest Management ◽

Plant Protection ◽

Mechanisms Of Action ◽

Fusarium Spp ◽

High Quality ◽

Research Teams ◽

Forest Nurseries ◽

Fusarium Fungi

Abstract Achieving high quality propagative material is difficult today due to the limited number of pesticides recommended for use. Simultaneously, EU regulations on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in forest nurseries came into a force, requiring a search for alternative plant protection methods that are safe for humans, animals and the environment. In this paper, we present the possibilities of using bio-fungicides against diseases in forest nurseries, their mechanisms of action, as well as the direction of their development (according to IPM rules). We reviewed the results achieved by different research teams presenting the possibilities and trends in combatting Oomycetes and Fusarium spp. pathogens currently having the most important economic impact.

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Electron investigations of rhabdovirus-like particles in mexican bean beetles and crickets

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100082753 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 378-379

Author(s):

J. R. Adams ◽

G. J Tompkins ◽

A. M. Heimpel ◽

E. Dougherty

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Pest Management ◽

Developmental Stages ◽

Management Program ◽

Acheta Domesticus ◽

Epilachna Varivestis ◽

House Cricket ◽

Similar Morphology ◽

Bean Beetle

As part of a continual search for potential pathogens of insects for use in biological control or on an integrated pest management program, two bacilliform virus-like particles (VLP) of similar morphology have been found in the Mexican bean beetle Epilachna varivestis Mulsant and the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L. ).Tissues of diseased larvae and adults of E. varivestis and all developmental stages of A. domesticus were fixed according to procedures previously described. While the bean beetles displayed no external symptoms, the diseased crickets displayed a twitching and shaking of the metathoracic legs and a lowered rate of activity.Examinations of larvae and adult Mexican bean beetles collected in the field in 1976 and 1977 in Maryland and field collected specimens brought into the lab in the fall and reared through several generations revealed that specimens from each collection contained vesicles in the cytoplasm of the midgut filled with hundreds of these VLP's which were enveloped and measured approximately 16-25 nm x 55-110 nm, the shorter VLP's generally having the greater width (Fig. 1).

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