Claim · model-written summary
Five phytophagous pest species accounted for 21.7% of the species recorded.
- Taxon
- Solanum aethiopicum
Solanum aethiopicume0 - Interactor
- Lagria villosa
Lagria villosae1pest - Second interactor
- Leptoglossus occidentalis
Leptoglossus occidentalise1pest - Outcome
- phytophagous pest speciese1
- Value
- 21.7%e1
Verbatim
e0“all development stages of Solanum aethiopicum Linnaeus, 1756 plants are damaged in the field by insects in Balessing locality (West-Cameroon)”
e1“five phytophagous pest species (21.7%) [Lagria villosa (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera, Coreidae), Manduca sexta Linnaeus, 1763 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae), Sphaerocoris annulus (Fabricius, 1775) (Hemiptera, Scutelleridae) and Taphronota ferruginea (Fabricius, 1781) (Orthoptera, Pyrgomorphidae)]”
Title
Boris Fouelifack-Nintidem; Jeanne Aggripine Yetchom-Fondjo; Sedrick Junior Tsekane; et al. American Journal of Entomology 2021. doi:10.11648/j.aje.20210503.14
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Observation Lepidoptera were the most abundant insects, at 38.7% of the collection.
- Observation Hemiptera were the most abundant insects, at 34.8% of the collection.
- Observation Coleoptera were the least abundant insects, at 14.2% of the collection.
- Observation Orthoptera were the least abundant insects, at 12.3% of the collection.
- Observation Three borer species damaged plants in the field, at 13.0% of the collection.
- Observation Three sap-feeding species accounted for 13.0% of the species recorded.
- Observation Eleven pest species were recorded, 47.8% of the total species richness.
- Observation Non-native species were 26.1% of the recorded pest species.
- Observation Native species were 21.7% of the recorded pest species.
- Observation Coleoptera had the highest share of species, at 34.8%.
- Observation Hemiptera had 30.4% of the species recorded.
- Observation Orthoptera had 21.7% of the species recorded.
- Observation Lepidoptera had 13.0% of the species recorded.
- Observation Lepidoptera Crambidae was the most represented family, at 38.1% of the collection.
- Observation Three families (Carabidae, Sphingidae and Scarabeidae) were rare, under 1% of the collection.
- Observation Chemical control was not efficient in Balessing; insects remained diverse and mostly alien.
- Observation A total of 155 specimens were collected in the field, belonging to four orders, 13 families and 22 species.
- Observation Four orders, 14 families, 22 genera and 23 species were associated with eggplant plants.
- Recommendation More research on the bio-ecology of the recorded pests is needed to develop sustainable management strategies to reduce yield losses.
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