Metabolic responses to starvation and feeding contribute to the invasiveness of an emerging pest insect

C Smit, M Javal, P Lehmann, JS Terblanche - Journal of Insect Physiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Metabolic rate, and the flexibility thereof, is a complex trait involving several inter-linked
variables that can influence animal energetics, behavior, and ultimately, fitness. Metabolic …

First Screening of Entomopathogenic Nematodes and Fungus as Biocontrol Agents against an Emerging Pest of Sugarcane, Cacosceles newmannii (Coleoptera …

M Javal, JS Terblanche, DE Conlong, AP Malan - Insects, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cacosceles newmannii (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is an emerging pest of sugarcane in
South Africa. The larvae of this cerambycid beetle live within the sugarcane stalk and drill …

Host range determination in a novel outbreak pest of sugarcane, Cacosceles newmannii (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Prioninae), inferred from stable isotopes

C Smit, M Javal, DE Conlong, G Hall… - Agricultural and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An outbreak of Cacosceles newmannii (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) was detected for the
first time on sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) in 2015 in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa. Although …

[HTML][HTML] DNA barcoding for bio-surveillance of emerging pests and species identification in Afrotropical Prioninae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)

M Javal, JS Terblanche, DE Conlong… - Biodiversity Data …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DNA barcoding has been succesfully used for bio-surveillance of forest and agricultural
pests in temperate areas, but has few applications in the tropics and particulary in Africa …

Review of South African sugarcane production in the 2017/18 season: are we out of the woods?

A Singels, SA McFarlane, RJ Nicholson, DE Conlong… - 2018 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The objectives of this paper are to characterise South African sugarcane production for the
2017/18 milling season from an agricultural perspective. This is done to provide insight into …