The potential global distribution of Chilo partellus, including consideration of irrigation and cropping patterns

T Yonow, DJ Kriticos, N Ota, J Van Den Berg… - Journal of Pest …, 2017 - Springer
Chilo partellus is a major crop pest in Asia and Africa, and has recently spread to the
Mediterranean region. Knowledge of its potential distribution can inform biosecurity policies …

The role of intercropping different cereal species in controlling lepidopteran stemborers on maize in Kenya

JM Songa, N Jiang, F Schulthess… - Journal of Applied …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of mixed cropping systems containing maize, sorghum, millet and beans on
infestations of cereals by lepidopteran stemborers and on associated parasitoids, as well as …

Assessing the long-term welfare effects of the biological control of cereal stemborer pests in East and Southern Africa: Evidence from Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia

GM Soul-kifouly, HD Affognon, I Macharia… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), undertook a
biological control (BC) programme for control of stemborers from 1993 to 2008, to reduce …

[PDF][PDF] Enhancing food security through improved seed systems of appropriate varieties of cassava, potato and sweetpotato resilient to climate change in Eastern …

S Kyamanywa, IN Kashaija, E Getu, R Amata… - 2011 - cgspace.cgiar.org
Food security is a key priority for the over 200 million people of Eastern Africa, and this
population is envisaged to double by 2030. The need to feed this population puts increasing …

Insect diversity and population dynamics of natural enemies under sorghum–legume intercrops

B Tiroesele, M Obopile, O Karabo - … of the Royal Society of South …, 2019 - journals.co.za
The effect of intercropping sorghum with legumes on insect diversity and population
dynamics of natural enemies was evaluated in the 2015/2016 cropping season at Botswana …

[PDF][PDF] Population dynamics of spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) and its interaction with natural enemies in sorghum

K Divya, KN Marulasiddesha… - Indian Journal of …, 2009 - researchgate.net
Sorghum stem borer, Chilo partellus Swinhoe is one of the serious pests of sorghum and
maize crops in Asia and throughout East and South Africa. In India, it is becoming as the …

Establishment of Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Sugarcane Fields of Ethiopia and Origin of Founding Population

Y Assefa, A Mitchell, DE Conlong… - Journal of economic …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Cotesia flavipes (Cameron)(Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is used as a classical
biological control agent against Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)(Lepidoptera: Crambidae), a …

Performance of the newly identified endoparasitoid Cotesia icipe Fernandez‐Triana & Fiaboe on Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval)

MK Agbodzavu, ZO Lagat, M Gikungu… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cotesia icipe Fernandez‐Triana & Fiaboe is a solitary koinobiont larval
endoparasitoid, recently discovered in Kenya and new to science, that parasitizes select …

First releases and monitoring of the biological control agent Cotesia urabae Austin and Allen (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

GA Avila, LA Berndt, GI Holwell - New Zealand Entomologist, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In July 2010, the Environmental Risk Management Authority New Zealand (now the
Environmental Protection Authority) gave approval for release of the parasitoid Cotesia …

Release and establishment of Cotesia flavipes Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) an exotic parasitoid of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in …

CO Omwega, E Muchugu, WA Overholt… - Annales de la Société …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Cotesia flavipes Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) was first imported into
Kenya in 1991 from Pakistan for control of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)(Lepidoptera …