The Status of Research for the Management of the Banana Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBakaze, Elyeza
dc.contributor.authorTinzaara, William
dc.contributor.authorGold, Cliff
dc.contributor.authorKubiriba, Jerome
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-01T05:56:33Z
dc.date.available2022-06-01T05:56:33Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae] is a major pest of East African highland bananas and plantains. Its larvae bore in corm tissue damaging the root system, disrupting nutrient and water uptake, compromising plant anchorage, reducing yield, and shortening plantation life. Yield losses in bananas and plantains may exceed 50%. Available technologies for the management of the pest include cultural control, biological control, and chemical control. These methods may be costly, labor intensive, or ecologically unsustainable. Such effects, together with developed pesticide resistance, have led to various efforts searching for sustainable alternatives. To achieve this, there is a need to understand the biology of the pest and the currently available management options which includes use of cultural practices, resistant banana varieties, biological and microbial control, pheromone trapping and chemical and botanical insecticides. This article reviews the research status concerning C. sordidus biology, distribution, management options, including current innovations such as genome editing, and suggests future research directions for the management of the pest. Research findings suggest that no single control strategy will provide complete control. The integration of appropriate conventional C. sordidus management options with genetic engineering and other ecologically friendly methods such as use of botanicals and infochemicals will manage the pest and sustainably increase banana production.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBakaze, E., Tinzaara, W., Gold, C., & Kubiriba, J. (2022). The Status of Research for the Management of the Banana Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Sub-Saharan Africa. European Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences , 4 (2), 39-51. DOI: 10.24018/ejfood.2022.4.2.469en_US
dc.identifier.other10.24018/ejfood.2022.4.2.469
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/3643
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEuropean Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectConventional breedingen_US
dc.subjectCosmopolites sordidusen_US
dc.subjectGenetic engineeringen_US
dc.subjectHost resistanceen_US
dc.subjectIPMen_US
dc.titleThe Status of Research for the Management of the Banana Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Sub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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