Efficacy of augmentative release of the parasitoid wasp Bracon hebetor against the pearl millet headminer

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  • Mame Fatoumata Goudiaby
     Department of Animal Biology, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Av. Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar ,SN ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2091-3021
  • Ibrahima Sarr
     Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research, BP: 53 Bambey ,SN
  • Malick Niango Ba
     International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, BP: 124040, Niamey, Niger ,NE
  • Mbacke Sembene
     Department of Animal Biology, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Av. Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar ,SN
  • Rangaswamy Muniappan
     Center for International Research, Education and Development, 526 Prices Fork Road (0378) Blacksburg, VA 24061 ,US

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https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2019/22712

Keywords:

Augmentative release, biological control, Bracon hebetor, millet headminer, pearl millet
Biological Control

Abstract

The yield losses in pearl millet, estimated to be about 85%, are mainly due to millet headminer, Heliocheilus albipunctella. This study is aimed at determining the status of this serious insect pest in the pearl millet production system within the groundnut basin of Senegal and to assess the efficacy of augmentative releases of its parasitoid wasp, Bracon hebetor, to control it. The study area was divided into three homogenous blocks (Northern, Southern and Eastern parts) where a set of three villages was selected for release of the parasitoid and another three as control villages where no releases were made. The results revealed that in all the villages where the parasitoid was released, an increase in larval mortality due to parasitism ranging between 9% and 26% was recorded in comparison with the control villages. Consequently, damages recorded were significantly lower in the villages with parasitoid releases.

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2019-12-05

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Goudiaby, M. F., Sarr, I., Niango Ba, M., Sembene, M., & Muniappan, R. (2019). Efficacy of augmentative release of the parasitoid wasp <i>Bracon hebetor</i> against the pearl millet headminer. Journal of Biological Control, 33(3), 185–192. https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2019/22712

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Volume 33, Issue 3, September 2019

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Received 2018-11-14
Accepted 2019-07-16
Published 2019-12-05

 

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