Molecular Pathogens, 2025, Vol.16, No.3, 134-146 http://microbescipublisher.com/index.php/mp 134 Research Perspective Open Access Integrated Green Control Strategies for Peak Incidence Periods of Sugarcane Pests and Diseases Chunyang Zhan 1 , Shusheng Liu 2 1 Hainan Institute of Biotechnology, Haikou, 570206, Hainan, China 2 Tropical Microbial Resources Research Center, Hainan Institute of Tropical Agricultural Resources, Sanya, 572025, Hainan, China Corresponding email: chunyang.zhan@hibio.org Molecular Pathogens, 2025, Vol.16, No.3 doi: 10.5376/mp.2025.16.0015 Received: 30 Apr., 2025 Accepted: 08 Jun., 2025 Published: 27 Jun., 2025 Copyright © 2025 Zhan and Liu, This is an open access article published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Preferred citation for this article: Zhan C.Y., and Liu S.S., 2025, Integrated green control strategies for peak incidence periods of sugarcane pests and diseases, Molecular Pathogens, 16(3): 134-146 (doi: 10.5376/mp.2025.16.0015) Abstract In recent years, pests and diseases have occurred frequently in sugarcane production, posing a severe threat to yield and quality. Over-reliance on traditional chemical prevention and control has led to increased drug resistance and ecological imbalance, and green prevention and control has become an inevitable choice to ensure the sustainable development of the sugarcane industry. This study summarizes the main types of sugarcane diseases and pests and the occurrence patterns of frequent periods, elaborates on the concept and technical framework of green prevention and control, and summarizes and analyzes the research progress and application status of strategies such as biological prevention and control, agricultural ecological regulation, physical and behavioral control, resistant variety breeding, and information-based intelligent prevention and control. On this basis, we will discuss the practical experience of collaborative application of various strategies to build a comprehensive prevention and control system, and look forward to the future development direction. Research shows that adopting a green prevention and control strategy of "prevention first and comprehensive governance" can effectively reduce the use of chemical pesticides, control the harm of sugarcane pests, and promote the ecologically sustainable and high-quality development of sugarcane production. Keywords Sugarcane; Pests and diseases; Green prevention and control; Comprehensive governance; Sustainable development 1 Introduction Sugar cane is an important sugar and energy crop, and its planting area and yield occupies an important position in global agriculture. However, sugarcane has a long growth period and is densely planted, and is easily threatened by a variety of diseases and pests. Among them, diseases such as smut disease, mosaic disease, and brown stripe disease occur all year round, and pests such as borers and aphids are seriously harmful, causing huge economic losses to the sugarcane industry. Taking borer as an example, the hazardous rate of borer borer in some sugarcane areas in China is as high as 84.35%, causing a yield loss of about 10% (Huang et al., 2018); in Louisiana, USA, borer borer can reduce yield by 28% when it breaks out (Wilson, 2020). At present, the prevention and control of sugarcane pests and diseases mainly relies on chemical pesticides, but long-term excessive use of chemicals has led to increased resistance to diseases and pests and diseases, and the resurgence of major diseases and diseases, which can kill natural enemies, destroy the ecological balance in the fields, and produce pesticide residues and environmental pollution problems. In the context of promoting sustainable agricultural development around the world, how to reduce chemical pesticide dependence and adopt environmentally friendly green prevention and control strategies has become an important topic in sugarcane plant protection. In recent years, China has vigorously advocated green prevention and control of plant protection, and the national plant protection policy has shifted from emergency prevention and control to efficient and precise integration of unified prevention and control with green prevention and control. Sugarcane pest control has also entered a new stage: on the one hand, traditional common pests and diseases still continue to occur; on the other hand, some secondary pests and diseases have risen to the main threat, and the complex infection of different pests and diseases often occurs. At the same time, the risk of outbreaks and disasters of foreign invading organisms such as Fallia meadows increases (Li et al., 2024). These new features put higher requirements for sugarcane plant
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