Measuring the Efficacy of the Biological Control Program for Sugarcane Moth Borer Diatraea Saccharalis in Barbados: Joint Infestation Surveys for the Period 1999-2002
| dc.creator | Paulraj, Litta | |
| dc.creator | Gibbs, Ian | |
| dc.date | 2017-05-05T00:47:50Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T11:19:53Z | |
| dc.description | This paper reviews the biological control program for the sugarcane mothborer Diatraea saccharalis (F.) in Barbados over the period 1999-2002. The data for this period were analyzed, fitting infestation level to variety, crop, rainfall zone, and year, assuming a logistic regression model with a Poisson distribution of all main effects (variety, crop, rainfall zone, and year). The results showed that all first order interactions were highly significant (p<0.001) and that the overall joint infestation levels remained below the Economic Threshold Level (ETL) of 5% joints bored. This finding suggests that the pest is continuing to be effectively controlled by its two parasitoids Cotesia flavipes and Lixophaga diatraeae. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.256724 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256724/files/2-4.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256724 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/626736 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256724 | |
| dc.title | Measuring the Efficacy of the Biological Control Program for Sugarcane Moth Borer Diatraea Saccharalis in Barbados: Joint Infestation Surveys for the Period 1999-2002 | |
| dc.type | Text |