Open AccessTHE INTRODUCTION OF PARASITES OF THE SUGARCANE BORER INTO PUERTO RICO
Author(s) -
S. M. Dohanian
Publication year - 1937
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v21i2.14338
Subject(s) - diatraea saccharalis , biology , tropics , forestry , pest analysis , ecology , botany , geography
Search for the parasites of the sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis Fab.) was conducted in five countries in the American Tropics, in three of which actual field and laboratory work was performed. Three dipterous and two hymenopterous parasites were found and shipped to Puerto Rico and Florida, the former receiving 19,063 adults and the latter 3,142. The shipments to Puerto Rico comprised 8,296 flies and 10,767 wasps, while the shipments to Florida totaled 314 flies and 2,828 wasps.