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Sugarcane Insect Pests in China: Species, Distribution and Population Dynamics
China is a major sugarcane-producing country in the world, and the crop is mainly cultivated in the tropical and subtropical regions of southern China. Pest infestation negatively affects yield and sugar, resu...
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Herbicidal Activity Evaluation of Topramezone and Its Safety to Sugarcane
Topramezone, a benzyl ester pyrazolone herbicide, is a novel 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase-inhibiting (4-HPPD) inhibitor. In the present study, we evaluated the weed controlling spectrum, herbicidal acti...
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Olfactory Response and Preference of Telenomus dignus and Trichogramma chilonis to Chilo sacchariphagus
To clear the relationship between host-searching behavior of the egg parasitoids Trichogramma chilonis Ishii and Telenomus dignus (Gahan) and chemicals compounds from different parts of their host Chilo saccharip...
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Screening of Artificial Diet Formulations for Sugarcane Stalk Borer Chilo sacchariphagus Bojer
Chilo sacchariphagus Bojer is a serious sugarcane stalk borer in China. Screening of artificial diet formulations can provide the foundation for mass rearing indoor and biological research of C. sacchariphagus. F...
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Investigating Population Dynamics and Sex Structure of Exolontha castanea Chang (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) Using Light Traps in Sugarcane Fields in China
Phototaxis, population dynamics and the sex structure of Exolontha castanea Chang adults were investigated in in sugarcane fields using light traps equipped with a self-ballasted high-pressure mercury vapor lamp ...
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Evaluation of the Parasitism Capacity of Egg Parasitoid Telenomus dignus on Chilo sacchariphagus
Telenomus dignus is an important egg parasitoid of sugarcane stem borers in China. Parasitism characteristics of T. dignus were studied by the methods of its functional response and the laboratory population life...
