An agroecological approach to sunflower moth control
Abstract Context: Sunflower is the fourth source of vegetable oil in the world. The sunflower moth is its main pest in America. The control of this species is extremely difficult and, generally, the solutions proposed for its control involve the use of insecticides. Objective: To formulate an ecol...
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| author | Alán Rivero Aragón Vicente Horacio Grillo Ravelo |
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Context: Sunflower is the fourth source of vegetable oil in the world. The sunflower moth is its main pest in America. The control of this species is extremely difficult and, generally, the solutions proposed for its control involve the use of insecticides.
Objective: To formulate an ecologically sustainable strategy for the control of the sunflower moth.
Methods: The insect-host interaction and the damage caused were characterized. The best biological control agents were selected in terms of efficacy.
Results: None of the tested cultivars was resistant to Homoeosoma electellum. The perfect timing to protect the sunflower against H. electellum might be estimated between 65 % of the life cycle of the cultivars until reaching the physiological maturity and 84 % until reaching the same phenological state. The application of entomopathogenic bio-preparations significantly reduces the affectation.
Conclusions: Treatment with entomopathogenic bio-preparations during the delimited critical interval allows controlling the damage caused to sunflower. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28bd143d41c246bb90f123db481d02082022-12-21T22:26:29ZspaUniversidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las VillasCentro Agrícola0253-57852072-20012020-12-0147NE59An agroecological approach to sunflower moth controlAlán Rivero Aragón0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6955-332XVicente Horacio Grillo Ravelo1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1373-050XDepartamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las VillasCentro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las VillasAbstract Context: Sunflower is the fourth source of vegetable oil in the world. The sunflower moth is its main pest in America. The control of this species is extremely difficult and, generally, the solutions proposed for its control involve the use of insecticides. Objective: To formulate an ecologically sustainable strategy for the control of the sunflower moth. Methods: The insect-host interaction and the damage caused were characterized. The best biological control agents were selected in terms of efficacy. Results: None of the tested cultivars was resistant to Homoeosoma electellum. The perfect timing to protect the sunflower against H. electellum might be estimated between 65 % of the life cycle of the cultivars until reaching the physiological maturity and 84 % until reaching the same phenological state. The application of entomopathogenic bio-preparations significantly reduces the affectation. Conclusions: Treatment with entomopathogenic bio-preparations during the delimited critical interval allows controlling the damage caused to sunflower.http://cagricola.uclv.edu.cu/index.php/es/volumen-47-2020/numero-especial-2020/1254-un-enfoque-agroecologico-para-el-control-de-la-polilla-del-girasolbiological controlentomopathogenhelianthus annuushomoeosoma electellum |
| spellingShingle | Alán Rivero Aragón Vicente Horacio Grillo Ravelo An agroecological approach to sunflower moth control Centro Agrícola biological control entomopathogen helianthus annuus homoeosoma electellum |
| title | An agroecological approach to sunflower moth control |
| title_full | An agroecological approach to sunflower moth control |
| title_fullStr | An agroecological approach to sunflower moth control |
| title_full_unstemmed | An agroecological approach to sunflower moth control |
| title_short | An agroecological approach to sunflower moth control |
| title_sort | agroecological approach to sunflower moth control |
| topic | biological control entomopathogen helianthus annuus homoeosoma electellum |
| url | http://cagricola.uclv.edu.cu/index.php/es/volumen-47-2020/numero-especial-2020/1254-un-enfoque-agroecologico-para-el-control-de-la-polilla-del-girasol |
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