Free Access

This article has an erratum: [https://doi.org/10.1051/fruits/2013069]


Issue
Fruits
Volume 68, Number 2, March-April 2013
Page(s) 83 - 93
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/fruits/2012054
Published online 25 February 2013
  1. Karamura E., Frison E., Karamura D.A., Sharrock S., Banana production systems in eastern and southern Africa, in: Picq C., Fourè E., Frison E.A. (Eds.), Int. Symp. Bananas and food security, INIBAP, Douala, Cameroon, 1998, pp. 401–412. [Google Scholar]
  2. Ouma G., Intercropping and its application to banana production in East Africa: a review, J. Plant Breeding Crop Sci. 1 (2009) 13–15. [Google Scholar]
  3. Rukazambuga N.D.T.M., Gold C.S., Gowen S.R., Yield loss in East African highland banana (Musa spp., AAA-EA group) caused by the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus Germar, Crop Prot. 17 (1998) 581–589. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  4. Gold C.S., Kagezi G.H., Night G., Ragama P.E., The effects of banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, damage on highland banana growth, yield and stand duration in Uganda, Ann. Appl. Biol. 145 (2004) 263–269. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  5. Gold C.S., Peña J.E., Karamura E.B., Biology and integrated pest management for the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Int. Pest Manag. Rev. 6 (2001) 79–155. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  6. Budenberg W.J., Ndiege I.O., Karago F.W., Hansson B.S., Behavioural and electrophysiological responses of the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus to host plant volatiles, J. Chem. Ecol. 19 (1993) 267–277. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Braimah H., van Emden H.F., Evidence for the presence of chemicals attractive to the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in dead banana leaves, Bull. Entomol. Res. 89 (1999) 485–491. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  8. Koppenhöfer A.M., Observations on egg-laying behaviour of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), Entomol. Exp. Appl. 68 (1993) 187–192. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  9. Polidoro B.A., Dahlquist R.M., Castillo L.E., Morra M.J., Somarriba E., Bosque-Pérez N.A., Pesticide application practices, pest knowledge, and cost-benefits of plantain production in the Bribri-Cabécar indigenous territories, Costa Rica, Environ. Res. 108 (2008) 98–106. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Musabyimana T., Saxena R.C., Kairu E.W., Ogol C.K.P.O., Khan Z.R., Powdered neem seed and cake for management of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, and parasitic nematodes, Phytoparasitica 28 (2000) 321–330. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  11. Abera-Kalibata A.M., Hasyim A., Gold C.S., van Driesche R., Field surveys in Indonesia for natural enemies of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), Biol. Control 37 (2006) 16–24. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  12. Paparu P., Dubois T., Coyne D., Viljoen A., Dual inoculation of Fusarium oxysporum endophytes in banana: effect on plant colonization, growth and control of the root burrowing nematode and the banana weevil, Biocontrol Sci. Tech. 19 (2009) 639–655. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  13. Godonou I., Green K.R., Oduro K.A., Lomer C.J., Afreh Nuamah K., Field evaluation of selected formulations of Beauveria bassiana for the management of the banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) on plantain (Musa spp., AAB group), Biocontrol Sci. Tech. 10 (2000) 779–788. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  14. Mwaitulo S., Haukeland S., Sæthre M.-G., Laudisoit A., Maerere A.P., First report of Entomopathogenic nematodes from Tanzania and their virulence against larvae and adults of banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar 1824 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Int. J. Trop. Insect Sci. 31 (2011) 134–161. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  15. Gold C.S., Night G., Ragama P.E., Kagezi G.H., Tinzaara W., Abera A.M.K., Field distribution of banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) adults in cooking banana stands in Uganda, Int. J. Trop. Insect Sci. 24 (2004) 242–248. [Google Scholar]
  16. Gold C.S., Okech S.H., Nokoe S., Evaluation of pseudostem trapping as a control measure against banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Uganda, Bull. Entomol. Res. 92 (2002) 35–44. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Rukazambuga N.D.T.M., Gold C.S., Gowen S.R., Ragama P., The influence of crop management on banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) populations and yield of highland cooking banana (cv. Atwalira) in Uganda, Bull. Entomol. Res. 92 (2002) 413–421. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Rhino B., Dorel M., Tixier P., Riséde J.-M., Effect of fallows on population dynamics of Cosmopolites sordidus: toward integrated management of banana fields with pheromone mass trapping, Agric. Forest Entomol. 12 (2010) 195–202. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  19. Seshu Reddy K.V., Prasad J.S., Ngode L., Sikora R.A., Influence of trapping of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar 1824) on root-lesion nematode, Pratylenchus goodeyi (Sher and Allen 1953) population densities and subsequent banana yield, Acta Oecologica 16 (1995) 593–598. [Google Scholar]
  20. Smith D., Banana weevil borer control in south-eastern Queensland, Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 35 (1995) 1165–1172. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  21. de Graaf J., Govender P., Schoeman A.S., Viljoen A., Efficacy of cultural control measures against the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) in South Africa, J. Appl. Entomol. 132 (2008) 36–44. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  22. Masanza M., Gold C.S., van Huis A., Distribution, timing of attack, and oviposition of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, on banana crop residues in Uganda, Entomol. Exp. Appl. 117 (2005) 119–126. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  23. Vinatier, F., Chailleux, A., Duyck, P.-F., Salmon, F., Lescourret F., Tixier P., Radiotelemetry unravels movements of a walking insect species in heterogeneous environments, Anim. Behav. 80 (2010) 221–229. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  24. Rannestad O.T, Sæthre M.-G., Maerere A.P., Migration potential of the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus, Agric. Forest Entomol. 13 (2011) 405–412. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  25. Masanza M., Gold C.S., van Huis A., Ragama P.E., Okech S.H.O., Effect of crop sanitation on banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) populations and crop damage in farmers’ fields in Uganda, Crop Prot. 24 (2005) 275–283. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  26. Masanza M., Gold C.S., van Huis A., Ragama P.E., Effects of crop sanitation on banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), populations and crop damage in Uganda, Afr. Entomol. 14 (2006) 267–275. [Google Scholar]
  27. Roth L.M., Willis E.R., The humidity behaviour of Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 56 (1963) 41–52. [Google Scholar]
  28. Reddy G.V.P., Cruz Z.T., Guerrero A., Development of an efficient pheromone-based trapping method for the banana root borer Cosmopolites sordidus, J. Chem. Ecol. 35 (2009) 111–117. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  29. Southwood T.R.E., Henderson P.A., Ecological methods, 3rd ed., Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 2000. [Google Scholar]
  30. Anon., SAS 9.2 TS level 1 MO, SAS Inst. Inc., Cary, N.C., U.S.A., 2011. [Google Scholar]
  31. Koppenhöfer A.M., Seshu Reddy K.V., Sikora R.A., Reduction of banana weevil populations with pseudostem traps, Int. J. Pest Manag. 4 (1994) 300–304. [Google Scholar]