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J Econ Entomol

Title:		Mexican rice borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) injury to corn greater than to sorghum and sugarcane under field conditions
Author(s):		Showler AT; Wilson BE; Reagan TE;
Address:		"USDA-ARS, Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center, Weslaco, TX 78596, USA. allan.showler@ars.usda.gov"
Journal Title:		J Econ Entomol
Year:		2012
Volume:		105
Issue:		5
Page Number:		1597 - 1602
DOI:		10.1603/ec12108
ISSN/ISBN:		0022-0493 (Print) 0022-0493 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is the key pest of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) in Texas; it can attack several grassy crop and noncrop host plants and has spread into Louisiana. Through small-plot, commercial field, and pheromone trap experiments, this study demonstrates that the pest uses corn, Zea mays L., more than sugarcane and sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, but when corn is harvested in late summer, injury to nearby sugarcane strongly increases during the next approximately equal to 2 mo to harvest. Corn was more infested than sugarcane and sorghum in commercial fields regardless of whether sampling occurred on field edges or farther into field interiors. Differences in numbers of infested stalks and in numbers of larval entry holes between field edges and interiors were not detected. We found that Mexican rice borer infestation of corn can cause loss of ears, and lodging, shattering, and complete destruction of maturing stalks. The larger quantities of adult Mexican rice borers captured in pheromone-based traps placed at corn field edges compared with sorghum and sugarcane field edges further indicates that corn is preferred to sugarcane and sorghum. The basis for the pest's attraction to corn and implications to potential range expansion to other U.S. sugarcane-growing regions are discussed"
Keywords:		Animals Food Preferences Larva Moths/drug effects/*physiology Pheromones/pharmacology *Saccharum *Sorghum Texas *Zea mays;
Notes:		"MedlineShowler, Allan T Wilson, Blake E Reagan, Thomas E eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. England 2012/11/20 J Econ Entomol. 2012 Oct; 105(5):1597-602. doi: 10.1603/ec12108"