Impact of trap barrier systems on rodent damage to upland rice cropping systems during bamboo masting events

• Published in: Crop Protection
• Main Authors: Chakma, Nikhil, Sarker, Noor Jahan, Sarker, Sohrab Uddin, Sarker, Santosh Kumar, Shafali, Rokeya Begum, Belmain, Steven R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: S Agriculture (General); Burrows; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/25497/; http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/25497/7/25497%20BELMAIN_Impact_Of_Trap_Barrier_Systems_On_Rodent_Damage_%28AAM%29_2019.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.104939

Synchronous bamboo masting events are well-known to cause rodent population outbreaks. In South Asia, Melocanna baccifera undergoes semelparous masting every 58 years leading to large rodent outbreaks and nearly 100% crop losses. Current crop protection methods used to control rodent outbreaks are l...