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27 September 2019 The Sugarcane Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Infests Rice at Low Population Levels in Florida
Erik L. Roldán, Julien M. Beuzelin, Matthew T. VanWeelden, Ronald H. Cherry
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The sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (F.), rice stalk borer, Chilo plejadellus Zincken, and Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar), are stem borers (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) that infest rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the southern United States. A 2-yr study was conducted to determine stem borer injury, infestation, and parasitism levels in Florida. Thirty commercial rice fields were selected during the 2017 and 2018 growing seasons throughout the rice production region in southern Florida. Sampling for stem borer injury and infestations was conducted in each field between the milk and early maturation stages by observing plants at 10 locations, with three 1-m2 quadrats per location. In addition, monitoring for E. loftini adults was conducted using one pheromone trap adjacent to each field. In 2017, the number of rice tillers exhibiting stem borer injury averaged 0.024 tillers/m2 and infestation levels averaged 0.008 stem borers/m2, with only D. saccharalis being observed. In 2018, injury and infestation levels averaged 0.062 injured tillers/m2 and 0.023 D. saccharalis larvae or pupae/ m2, respectively. The solitary parasitoid Alabagrus stigma Brullé (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitized 33 and 40% of the collected D. saccharalis in 2017 and 2018, respectively. In addition, pheromone traps did not capture E. loftini adults. This study shows that D. saccharalis infests rice in Florida but at relatively low levels not threatening production and that rice fields are habitats for D. saccharalis parasitoids. This study also suggests that C. plejadellus and E. loftini do not occur in southern Florida.

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Erik L. Roldán, Julien M. Beuzelin, Matthew T. VanWeelden, and Ronald H. Cherry "The Sugarcane Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Infests Rice at Low Population Levels in Florida," Journal of Economic Entomology 113(1), 538-542, (27 September 2019). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toz255
Received: 14 May 2019; Accepted: 20 August 2019; Published: 27 September 2019
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KEYWORDS
biological control
Diatraea saccharalis
Eoreuma loftini
Mexican rice borer
parasitoid
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