Evaluation of integrated crop management strategies employed to cope with Striga infestation in permanent land use systems in southern Benin

Striga hermonthica and S. gesnerioides pose serious threats to cereal and cowpea production, endangering peoples' livelihoods on the Abomey plateau, Benin. A 2-year joint experiment was undertaken with farmers in two hamlets to investigate the potential of managing sowing dates of cowpea, sorghum transplanting, and trap cropping as ways of increasing agricultural production and reducing Striga damage. Early sowing of cowpea failed due to dry spells. Late sowing reduced cowpea yield due to water deficiency at the end of the growing season. Transplanting sorghum seedlings raised in fertilised or Striga-free nurseries doubled or tripled cereal yield and substantially reduced S. hermonthica infestation compared to direct early-sown sorghum. Transplanting sorghum from plant hills to fill gaps was unsuccessful. Trap crops such as cowpea and groundnut increased subsequent maize yield. Trap cropping had only a small effect on S. hermonthica infestation. The very poor soils in Somè central were a major constraint upon yield improvement to acceptable levels even after the introduction of the new crop (and Striga) management methods.     

Factors associated with mortality of the overwintering generation of<Emphasis Type="Italic">Sesamia nonagrioides</Emphasis> under field conditions

Factors affecting overwintering mortality in the Mediterranean corn stalk borer,Sesamia nonagrioides Lefebvre (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), were investigated under field conditions in the southeast Mediterranean region of Turkey. During two consecutive years larvae and pupae were sampled from December to April in maize plots sown on three different dates. Field-collected larvae and pupae were reared and the emerged parasitoids were recorded. An effect of sowing date on total numbers ofS. nonagrioides was found with reduced populations in the early sown plots. Larval parasitism did not significantly affect overwintering mortality.Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) caused 11% parasitism and was found only in the first year of the study. Pupal parasitoids were predominantlyIchneumon sarcitorius caucasicus Meyer,Barichneumon sp. andPimpla spuria Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) and the parasitism level was 11% in both years of the study.     

二化螟越冬幼虫滞育后发育起点温度与有效积温

在室内15、20、25℃和30℃的恒温条件下,对南昌二化螟田间越冬幼虫滞育后发育起点温度和有效积温进行了研究。在上述各温度条件下,50%个体化蛹时间分别为66.3、41.8、26.0 d和19.9 d。由回归方程估算出二化螟越冬幼虫滞育后发育起点温度和有效积温分别为(9.3±1.1)℃和(411.0±14.2)日.度。田间自然条件下,越冬幼虫在4月初始蛹,5月下旬终蛹,1998、2004年和2005年田间累积50%越冬幼虫化蛹时的有效积温分别为377.8、417.5日.度和375.4日.度,3年平均为390.2日.度。利用该理论有效积温,参照当年2~4月的气温,可预测田间越冬幼虫50%个体化蛹的时间。     

蟹田稻病虫草发生特点及防治技术

蟹田稻由于播种、移栽期、栽培方式、水肥管理、生态环境等与常规稻相差较大,病虫发生以条纹叶枯病、三化螟较重,其他病虫均轻于常规稻。根据2a试验,提出了秧田期狠压病虫基数,中、后期主攻纹枯病、三化螟和稻飞虱的策略,并提出相应的施药时间和方法。     

苏丹草和香根草作为诱虫植物对稻田二化螟种群的抑制作用评估

室内测试了苏丹草和香根草对二化螟的产卵选择性和幼虫存活的影响,在田间进行了苏丹草和香根草控害效果的初步试验。结果表明,二化螟雌成虫对苏丹草和香根草均表现出较强的产卵选择性,产在苏丹草和香根草上的卵量分别是产在水稻上的3.02和4.56倍。两种诱虫植物均对二化螟幼虫具致死作用,二化螟幼虫在两种寄主上不能完成生活史。田间试验表明两种诱虫植物围绕的水稻小区内二化螟枯心率显著低于试验区外20m的对照小区。     

Some effects of single and split applications of carbofuran on the incidence of and damage by Locris Maculata,Busseola Fusca and Sesamia Calamistis on maize

Abstract

Studies have been carried out on the efficacy of carbofuran (Furadan 5G) in reducing the incidence of the major insect pests of maize in Nigeria. A single dose of 1.5 kg a.i./ha applied in the planting hole was found to reduce the incidence of spittle bug (Locris Maculata F.) and stem borers (Busseola fusca (Fuller) and Sesamia calamistis (Hmps.)) when compared with split applications of the same dose applied at planting and 40 days after planting. The number of damaged plants was reduced from 40% in the control to 11.7% in the treated plots. Yields of fresh maize cobs were also increased significantly in treated plots. A significant positive correlation was established between the mean number of stem borer larvae and mean percentage damage, and significant negative correlations between the mean yield and mean percentage damage and between the mean yield and mean number of stem borer larvae.     

穗期玉米螟为害对夏玉米产量损失影响初报

以人工接卵方法研究夏玉米小黄品种乳熟到完熟阶段玉米螟幼虫数量与产量的相关,得知虫口密度与产量损失呈直线相关。单株每增加幼虫1头,百株产量损失0.17斤,损失百分率为0.89%,影响极小。如按每亩2300株计,在上述玉米生育阶段内无虫时的产量436斤,单株平均有虫1头时,每亩损失约4斤。作者初步认为:北京地区夏玉米使用颗粒剂一次防治螟害,在玉米较早生育期(如心叶末期或开花授粉期)施药,效果应优于在卵高峯前后施药。     

不同水稻品种对二化螟的抗性及其与形态学和解剖学特征的关系

在实验室条件下研究了6个不同类型的水稻品种对二化螟的抗性及其与形态学和解剖学特征的关系。结果表明，二化螟幼虫在粳稻品种辽粳294和秀水11上的存活率最低，显著地低于在超级杂交籼稻两优培九和杂交籼稻汕优63上的存活率，但超级杂交籼稻协优9308和杂交籼稻汕优10上的存活率无显著差异。60日龄时汕优63的分蘖数最多，汕优10次之，辽粳294最少。杂交水稻品种的株高显著高于普通粳稻品种，而辽粳294和汕优63的叶鞘显著短于其它品种。除协优9308与两个粳稻品种无显著差异外，其它三个杂交稻品种的叶宽和叶角均大于粳稻品种。60日龄时杂交籼稻品种两优培九叶鞘的维管束间距最宽，辽粳294的维管束间距最窄，但其维管束直径最大。辽粳294和秀水11叶鞘硅细胞的密度显著高于其它几个籼稻品种。被二化螟幼虫危害后，除汕优10叶鞘的维管束间距略有下降（-0．28％）外，其它几个品种的叶鞘维管束间距均增大，其中辽粳294增幅最大，为33．33％。而维管束直径和硅细胞密度均有不同程度的下降，其中硅细胞数下降最为明显。     

Pest status and ecology of bean stem maggot (Ophiomyia spp.: Diptera: Agromyzidae) on the Niassa Plateau,Mozambique

Research was carried out on the Niassa Plateau, northern Mozambique, with the aim of determining the phenology and importance of bean stem maggot (BSM) (Ophiomyia spp.: Diptera: Agromyzidae) on common beans. The objective of the study was to gather information in order to develop elements of an integrated control programme against BSM for use by farmers in the local cropping system, characterized by limited access to external inputs. Date of sowing trials were used in six consecutive rainy seasons to determine infestation rate of BSM during the main bean growing season and to determine damage due to the pest. These trials were also used to evaluate insecticide treatments against BSM and, at the same time, to undertake a survey of BSM parasitoids and the rates of parasitism from puparia collected at each sowing date. It was observed that infestation rates of BSM increased with delay in date of sowing in each of the two growing periods during the season and that percentage plant loss and yield decrease was correlated with number of BSM per plant. Insecticide seed treatmentwas effective in reducing infestation rates. BSM has two main parasitoids that probably play a role in limiting BSM population towards the end of the first growing period.     

Ninth Commonwealth Conference on Plant Pathology

Abstract

Data on shoot borer, Chilo infuscatellus Snell., infestation and granulosis virus infection were collected from sugarcane planted during early and late main seasons and special season on 45, 60, 75 and 90 days after planting. The shoot borer infestation varied significantly among seasons of planting and age of the crop. It was low in March‐April planted crop compared to December‐January and special season planted crops owing to higher rainfall. The infestation was more on 45 and 60 days old crop compared to 75 and 90 days. The seasons of planting, age of the crop and stage of the host larva failed to have any significant influence on the virus infection.     

Effects of sowing date on severity of blight caused by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ascochyta rabiei</Emphasis> and yield components of five chickpea cultivars grown under two climatic conditions in Tunisia

Five chickpea cultivars, Chitoui, Neyer, Kasseb, Beja 1 and Bouchra, were planted on three sowing dates at two Experimental Stations in Tunisia: Bou Salem in the north and the more southerly Mornag, where the climate is drier. Severity of blight, caused by Ascochyta rabiei, was measured on a 1–9 scale (defined) on vegetative parts and on pods as percent infected and percent infected that were empty. At both locations, disease was essentially absent on plants sown on the third dates but present on plants sown on the two earlier dates. At Bou Salem, disease severity was highest for the second sowing date whereas at Mornag it was highest for the first sowing date; but for each sowing date, disease severity was lower at Mornag than at Bou Salem. Yield components were measured as number of pods per plant, number of seeds per plant, number of seeds per 100 pods, 100 seed weight and weight of seeds per plant. Both disease severity and yield differed significantly among sowing dates (differently at each location) and also among cultivars for each sowing date, these differences depending both on sowing date and location. A lower yield was always associated with a higher disease severity, although the quantitative relationship differed between cultivars and locations. Cultivar Beja 1 had the lowest vegetative disease scores at both locations and both sowing dates 1 and 2. Beja 1 also scored well for all yield components. Plants sown on the third (latest) date gave the highest yields for all cultivars at both locations (except for an unusually high yield of Neyer at Mornag on sowing date 2), in some instances being more than double those from the earlier sowing dates. Thus, in contrast to other studies, late sowing did not result in yield loss.     

向日葵播种期对防治向日葵螟和黄萎病的影响

为了明确向日葵不同播期对防治向日葵螟和黄萎病的影响,于2009年5月11日至6月10日在内蒙古巴彦淖尔地区分7个时期(间隔5天)种植食葵和油葵,并系统调查向日葵螟和黄萎病的发生危害情况。结果显示,食葵和油葵的向日葵螟危害率及向日葵螟密度均以5月26日种植的最低,分别为8.00%、4.00%和0.14头/盘、0.16头/盘。随着播种期的推迟,食葵和油葵的黄萎病发病率自5月11日的98.67%和100.00%逐渐降至6月10日的24.00%和32.00%,发病级别从5月11日的2.83级和3.27级逐渐降至6月10日0.36级和0.64级,差异达到显著水平。食葵以5月31日播种的产量最高,而油葵以6月5日播种的产量最高。证明适时晚播可有效减少向日葵螟和黄萎病对向日葵的危害。     

粟杆蝇(ATHERIGONA BISETA KARL)的研究

粟杆蝇幼虫为害谷子常造成枯心或不实。此虫一年发生二代,部分一代。以老熟幼虫在5—10厘米土层中越冬。成虫于6月中旬出現,6月末达盛期,每雌产11—41卵,产卵于粟杆的基部。粟杆蝇的发生为害与湿度有密切关系,交尾、产卵、幼虫孵化、以及侵入粟茎均需高湿。田間枯心率与当年6月份降雨量的相关系数为0.71(P<0.01),相关显著。在晚播、高肥、密植的条件下,枯心发生严重。谷子品种、生育速度均与被害程度有关。在粟田雌蝇出現高峯期噴5％DDT与0.5％666等量混合粉剂,有良好的防治效果。     

Modelling regional level spatial distribution of aphid (Lipaphis erysimi) growth in Indian mustard using satellite-based remote sensing data

Abstract

We developed a procedure for preparing a model for mapping spatially distributed zones of aphid pest (Lipaphis erysimi) outbreaks at a regional level. This study employed near-surface meteorological parameters derived from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Television and Infra-Red Operational Satellites (TIROS) Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) data and field observations of disease infestation. The study area comprised three sites representing semi-arid and sub-humid regions of dominant Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.)-growing regions of India. A model based on TOVS-derived cumulative surface air temperature and minimum specific humidity (SpH) was developed to estimate the date of ‘aphid onset’ (first appearance), date of peak infestation and location of severity with respect to aphid population density. Aphid population growth rate during the linear growth phase between aphid onset to peak was computed using SpH-weighted temperature and dates of sowing of the crop (crop age). Sowing dates of mustard crop, of northwest India, were obtained from spectral growth profiles derived from time series remote sensing (RS) products of the SPOT-4 VEGETATION sensor. Estimated dates of peak aphid infestation and peak population showed a strong match with the observed data. The location of peak aphid population density was depicted in each spatial grid of 25×25 km² for parts of northwest India. The simulated aphid population build-up and date of peak population density was validated with observed data for an unknown site in the Sriganganager district, Rajasthan state, India. Comparison of predicted dates of attaining peak aphid population with observations showed a deviation of ±7 days. After validation, the regional level model was applied over a large area of a mustard-growing region for varying dates of sowing, surface air temperature and specific humidity, to show the spatial distribution of aphid growing severity zones (population density) and to predict dates of severe aphid infestation (peak population) at each grid level in the region.     

播种期对农牧交错带马铃薯生长发育和产量形成及水分利用效率的影响

为了研究不同播种期对农牧交错带马铃薯生长发育和产量形成以及水分利用效率的影响,为农牧交错带马铃薯适期播种和高产栽培提供科学依据,采用随机区组排列设计,分析了超早播(4月28日)、早播(5月8日)、中播(5月18日)、晚播(5月28日)和超晚播(6月8日)五个播期下马铃薯生育期、形态指标、产量形成和水分利用效率的变化情况。结果表明:播种期对马铃薯生育期、株高和叶面积指数影响显著。随播期推迟,马铃薯生育期缩短,播期每推迟10 d,生育期平均缩短6 d,而生殖生长期在总生长期中的比例增加,超早播和超晚播处理下分别为45%和59%。超早播和早播马铃薯地上部干物质积累显著低于其余播期,不同播期处理薯块鲜重增长符合Logistic生长曲线,播期间马铃薯总产量、大薯产量和大薯率差异均达显著水平,其中中播、晚播和超晚播产量差异不显著,平均达21 593 kg/hm2,超早播和早播产量平均为15 181 kg/hm2。马铃薯水分利用效率随播期推迟增加,超早播为45.2 kg/(hm2.mm),超晚播为86.3 kg/(hm2.mm)。建议农牧交错带马铃薯适宜播种期安排在5月中下旬。     

The profitability of maize–haricot bean intercropping techniques to control maize stem borers under low pest densities in Ethiopia

Lepidopteran stem borers are the main pests of cereals in Ethiopia. In recent years, habitat management techniques, which aim at increasing plant biodiversity through mixed cropping, have gained increased attention in stem borer control. In the present study, the profitability of mixed cropping of maize with haricot beans at different ratios and the effect on infestation of maize by stem borers, yield and borer parasitism were studied in Melkassa and Mieso, Ethiopia, in a field experiment under natural infestation. In Melkassa, pest infestations were too low for the cropping system to affect pests, plant damage and yields significantly, whereas in Mieso, where the pest densities were high, intercropping of maize with beans at ratios of 1:1 to 2:1 significantly decreased borer densities compared with pure maize stands. Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) and Cotesia flavipes. (Cameron) were the major stem borer and parasitoid species, respectively, recorded both at Melkassa and Mieso. Borer parasitism was higher at Mieso than at Melkassa and tended to increase with the increase of the haricot bean ratio in the intercropping system. Land equivalent ratios of >1 indicated higher land use efficiency in mixed compared with sole cropping, even if pest densities were low.     

播期对江苏省冬小麦产量及其构成的影响

以江苏省冬小麦播期为主要研究对象，利用近20年冬小麦大田播期试验数据相关文献，按照晚播天数、品性、区域、年代进行分组，利用Meta分析方法定量研究了播期变化对江苏省冬小麦产量及其产量构成的影响。结果表明：近20年江苏省冬小麦的播期随时间的推移总体呈现出延迟的趋势，约5.5 d·10a^-1，苏北和苏南地区冬小麦均在晚播18~22 d开始出现减产趋势，苏中地区冬小麦在晚播23~27 d开始出现减产趋势；整体上江苏省晚播13~17 d左右的冬小麦有显著增产效应，增产达3.1%（95%置信区间0.4%～5.8%），晚播18~22 d及以上时，冬小麦产量开始呈现减产趋势。随着年代不断向后推移，晚播的减产效应出现的越来越早。2000—2010年，晚播23~27 d开始出现减产趋势；2011—2017年，晚播18~22 d开始出现减产趋势；（弱）春性冬小麦从晚播18~22 d开始出现减产效应，（半）冬性冬小麦从晚播8~12 d开始出现减产趋势，冬小麦的选择偏于春性化。Meta分析的数据中，冬小麦穗数对产量的影响更大（P＜0.05，R²＝0.3166）。适当晚播是江苏省稳定冬小麦产量，适应气候变化的有效手段，其主要是通过影响晚播小麦穗数进而影响冬小麦产量。     

亚洲玉米螟为害对玉米镰孢穗腐病发生程度的影响

为了明确亚洲玉米螟[Ostrinia furnacalis(Guenée)]在玉米雌穗不同发育期为害对玉米镰孢穗腐病发生程度的影响,分别在春播和夏播玉米吐丝、灌浆和乳熟期,以亚洲玉米螟为试虫,以轮枝镰孢菌为供试菌,单独或复合接种侵染。结果表明,无论春播还是夏播玉米,镰孢穗腐病病情指数均以复合处理最高,为31.57～88.80,单独接虫处理为16.27～55.00,单独接菌处理为19.02～59.47;玉米镰孢穗腐病的发生程度受玉米雌穗发育期和亚洲玉米螟为害程度的影响,其玉米螟为害级别为吐丝期>灌浆期>乳熟期;受螟害的介导作用,春播玉米雌穗被害率、螟害级别和镰孢穗腐病的发病率均显著重于夏播玉米,但夏播玉米镰孢穗腐病的病情指数高于春播玉米。螟害的介入明显加重了玉米镰孢穗腐病的发生,严重程度与雌穗发育时期密切相关。     

不同向日葵播期、磷肥用量及除草剂对向日葵列当寄生的影响

以高感列当的食用向日葵品种"SH363"为试验材料,采用随机区组试验,研究不同播期、磷肥施用量和化学除草剂对向日葵列当寄生的影响。结果表明:随着播期推迟,列当寄生程度呈现先升高后降低的趋势,6月14日和6月21日播种,向日葵列当寄生数量明显减少,适时晚播可以减轻向日葵列当的危害;磷肥施用量为337.5 kg/hm2时,相对对照及其他处理,列当寄生数量最少;不同剂量的48%仲丁灵、48%氟乐灵和72%金都尔处理对列当寄生均具有一定的抑制作用,其中效果最好的为72%金都尔(用量为5400 m L/hm2),在减少列当寄生方面有很好的应用前景。     

Cereal leaf beetles (Oulema spp., Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) control following various dates of wheat sowing and insecticidal treatments

In this paper, we report the sowing date and intensity of chemical control on presence of the cereal leaf beetles (CLB) on spring wheat. The CLB monitoring (Oulema melanopus L. and Oulema gallaeciana Voet.) was conducted in May–June of each year, following the announcement of the IOR-PiB in Poznań (Institute of Plant Protection, National Research Institute), that economic threshold levels in Poland of this pest is observed. For the spring sowing dates between (20 March–20 April) and late autumn sowings (21 November–7 December) larger amounts of CLB adults (1.6–1.1) in comparison to early autumn sowings (25 October–02 November) were noticed (0.4). Following the insecticidal seed treatment with imidacloprid, the occurrence of adults was 0.2–0.7 individual per stem, while the use of fungicidal treatment with triadimenol–imazalil–fuberidazol resulted in average 1.1–2.2 individual per stem. The reduction in the number of larvae per stem was 7–10 fold larger following the foliar application (pirimicarb + dimethoate + cypermethrin) compared to the seed treatment with imidacloprid. The lowest grain yield (3.83 t ha^?1) from the spring crop without any insecticide was obtained. Foliar application with blend of pirimicarb + dimethoate + cypermethrin increased the yield crop by 0.41 t ha^?1 (10.7%) and additionally by 0.78 t ha^?1 (20.4%) to compare to the fungicidal control when imidacloprid was used. Wheat seed treatment with imidacloprid and sowing date in autumn showed to be suitable and economically efficient preventive strategies for controlling the pest population.