Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an important pest of maize and sorghum in sub-
Saharan Africa. One century after its first description by Fuller in 1901, inaccurate …

Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is plagued by low productivity and little research is
available on the attainable responses and profitability to applied nutrients under variable …

Excessive mineral fertilizer input results in little extra yield but exacerbates insect herbivory
and affects environmental health and ecosystem services. The use of organic fertilizer is …

Lepidopteran stem borers are the main pests of cereals in Ethiopia. In recent years, habitat
management techniques, which aim at increasing plant biodiversity through mixed cropping …

Chilo partellus is composed of 7 to 100% of the population of stem borer species and cause
a damage of 1 to 100% in the same zone at the elevation range of 1492 to 2084 m. Similarly …

To address systemic malnutrition, food insecurity, and a need to manage natural resources
sustainably, within the context of an agricultural economy, the Ethiopian government has …

Maize-mustard cropping sequence is the most adopted cropping pattern in the rainfed belt of
Jammu region, Jammu & Kashmir, India. Mustard is attacked by aphids, flea beetles, saw …

Lepidopteran stemborers are a serious pest of maize in Africa. While farmers have adopted
cultural control practices at the field scale, it is not clear how these practices affect stemborer …

Maize is the most important staple crop in the world; 1.15 billion tons were produced in
2019. Insect herbivores cause significant damage for maize production, and as a result …

Intercropping is an important practice for controlling crop pests in Ethiopia. However, there is
a limited studies on the maize–faba bean intercropping benefits for controlling stemborer …