Insect Science and its Application (1997) 17, 169-173

Ousmane Youm, Peter S. Beevor, David R. Hall and Lawrence J. McVeigh (1997)
The potential use of pheromones for the management of the millet stemborer, Coniesta ignefusalis (Hampson)
Insect Science and its Application 17 (1), 169-173
Abstract: Recent studies on the identification and evaluation of the millet stemborer Coniesta ignefusalis female sex pheromone have shown that pheromone technology is promising as a management component. A review of research shows that an effective pheromone trap has been developed and successfully tested in eight countries in West Africa, through the West and Central African Millet Research Network (WCAMRN/ROCAFREMI). A regional wide-scale stemborer monitoring network has been developed and is being implemented. Studies on mass trapping and mating disruption indicate that the two techniques have much potential in C. ignefusalis management. Prospects for the implementation of pheromone technology to manage C. ignefusalis in the context of an IPM scheme are discussed.

Des etudes recentes sur l'identification et l'evaluation de la pheromone sexuelle de la femelle du foreur de tiges de mil, Coniesta ignefusalis, ont demontre que la technologie de gestion du foreur basee sur les pheromones etait prometteuses. Une revue de la recherche dans le domaine indique qu'un piege a pheromone table a ete mis au point et teste dans huit pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, a travers le Reseau Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche sur le Mil (ROCAFREMI). Une surveillance regionale a grande echelle a ete entreprise et mise en application. Les resultats des tests sur le piegeage en masse et la confusion sexuelle demontrent que ces deux techniques sont prometteuse dans la lutte contre C. ignefusalis. Les perspectives d' application de la technologie basee sur la pheromone dans la gestion de C. ignefusalis dans un contexte schematique de lutte integree ont fait l'objet de discussion.
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Database assignments for author(s): David Robert Hall

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Coniesta ignefusalis	Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus)