Parasitoid biodiversity conservation for sustainable management of the African rice gall midge,<i>Orseolia oryzivora</i>(Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in lowland rice

Abstract

Abstract Platygaster diplosisae and Aprostocetus procerae attack both the African rice gall midge (AfRGM), Orseolia oryzivora, and Orseolia bonzii, a closely related gall midge that feeds on Paspalum scrobiculatum. Recent research has shown that managing this weed at the edge of rice fields offers African farmers, low-cost non-chemical control of AfRGM.