Spraying sugar solution in maize field attract natural enemies and increase parasitism on fall armyworm.

Spraying sugar solution in maize field attract natural enemies and increase parasitism on fall armyworm.

Cultural method of pest control make a less favourable environment to the pest and make a more favourable for their natural enemies. This method is the most widely adopted approaches in integrated pest management. As a part of cultural control, spraying sugar solution (10-20%) increases the population of certain parasitoids such as Campoletis flavicincta (Hymenoptera:Ichneumonidae), Winthemia trinitatis and Exorista sp. (Diptera:Tachinidae) and increase the parasitism on #fallarmyworm but doesn’t reduce the pest population. This limited finding should require further investigation and should trial as an alternative to chemical pesticides.

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