eprintid: 11293
rev_number: 14
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datestamp: 2019-09-09 06:15:10
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type: article
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creators_name: Gahukar, R T
creators_name: Ba, M N
icrisatcreators_name: Ba, M N
affiliation: Arag Biotech Pvt. Ltd. (Nagpur)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Niamey)
country: India
country: Niger
title: An Updated Review of Research on Heliocheilus albipunctella (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in Sahelian West Africa
ispublished: pub
subjects: IPM
subjects: S1.5.1
subjects: S8
subjects: s2.7
subjects: s28
subjects: s4009
divisions: CRPS1
crps: CG1
full_text_status: public
keywords: biological control, head miner, pearl millet, pest ecology, pest management
note: We are greatly thankful to our colleagues currently working on millet head
miner, for their suggestive criticism of the manuscript. The second author is
grateful to the Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) of the McKnight
Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, for funding most of the recent research on
biological control of the millet head miner reported in the paper. This work is
part of the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals
(GLDC-CRP).
abstract: In the Sahelian region of West Africa, pearl millet, which is a major subsistence food crop supporting families’
livelihoods, is regularly attacked by the millet head miner/spike worm, Heliocheilus (=Raghuva) albipunctella de
Joannis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The pest infestation levels, damage ratings, and yield losses vary within and
among countries because of differences in millet cultivars, the planting period, the onset time and seasonal
distribution of rains, synchronization of moth flight with head development stages, and pest control practices. Egg
laying by moths and the distribution of larval populations are governed by the development stages of millet head
and the soil type. Rainfall patterns affect the distribution of diapaused pupae. The implications of this information
for future pest control strategies are discussed in this review. Control measures including the planting of pest
tolerant/resistant cultivars, the application of chemical pesticides, and the abundance of natural enemies have had
significant impacts on larval mortality but have limited application. In recent years, augmentative releases of the
larval ectoparasitoid, Habrobracon hebetor Say (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), have been tested in a pilot project
in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal. Because of the success of the program and the increasing demand
for parasitoids farmers cooperatives are being engaged in producing parasitoids for the large-scale distribution
of ‘ready-to-use’ bags containing braconids. This would sustain continuous availability and generate profitable
businesses. To achieve this goal, farmers’ economic problems and technical challenges need to be resolved at the
village level, and marketing avenues need to be established.
date: 2019
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Integrated Pest Management (TSI)
volume: 10
number: 1
publisher: Entomological Society of America
pagerange: 1-9
id_number: 10.1093/jipm/pmz003
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2155-7470
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmz003
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   Gahukar, R T and Ba, M N  (2019) An Updated Review of Research on Heliocheilus albipunctella (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in Sahelian West Africa.  Journal of Integrated Pest Management (TSI), 10 (1).  pp. 1-9.  ISSN 2155-7470     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11293/1/gahukar2019.pdf