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Pests of Sugarcane

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Pests and Their Management

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Sugarcane is an important cash crop in many tropical and subtropical countries and is one of the main sources of sugar production in the world. Sugarcane is cultivated on about 26.0 million hectares, in more than 90 countries, with a worldwide harvest of 1.83 billion tons (FAO 2012). Brazil is the largest producer of sugarcane in the world followed by India (Sathyagopal et al. 2014). Sugarcane crop incurs losses by insect pests under modern agriculture. Every part of cane endures attack from one or the other pest since planting to harvesting. The utility of pesticides has not been spectacular against most species of moth borers, white grubs and scales. This has diverted the attention of entomologists to biocontrol more than ever. Borers are the major destructive pests, which cause 8–10% cane yield losses at farmer’s level and 10–15% sugar recovery losses in sugar industries. Statistically the borers cause losses of 25.5 million tons at national level (Jasmine et al. 2012).

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Authors are thankful to Prof. Omkar, Head, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, India, for giving opportunity of writing this chapter with moral encouragements.

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Geetha, M.V. et al. (2018). Pests of Sugarcane. In: Omkar (eds) Pests and Their Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8687-8_9

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