Sphenophorus levis Behavior Studies: Evaluating Insect Attractiveness or Repellency to One Insecticide Treatment and Assessing Nocturnal Insect Activity and Location Pattern.

ABSTRACT: Sphenophorus levis Vaurie, 1978 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). is a difficult to control pest in sugarcane that causes great damage to the subterranean part of the plant. Low insect control is the result of the pesticide application technology adopted but also a consequence of the lack of studies regarding the pest's behavior. This research aimed to examine the attractiveness and repellency of one labelled insecticide dose to S. levis adults and to evaluate the activity and location behavior of S. levis adults under hourly observations over 24 h. Repellency and attractiveness studies were conducted in free-choice tests with treated soil with an insecticide product composed of lambda-cyhalothrin + thiamethoxam active ingredients and untreated soil. Insect activity and loc

SUBMITTER: Urach Ferreira PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9962633 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature