Evaluation of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) varieties for use as trap plants for the management of African stemborer (Busseola fusca) in a push-pull strategy

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-211

  Khan, Zeyaur R ^a   Midega, Charles A O ^a   Wadhams, Lester J ^b   Pickett, John A ^b   Mumuni, Abdulai ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Savanna Agricultural Research Institute   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Development; Habitat management; Larval behavior; Lepidoptera; Maize; Noctuidae; Oviposition; Survival

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MAIZE; MORTALITY; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL; STEM BORER; SURVIVAL; TRAP CROP;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BUSSEOLA FUSCA; DESMODIUM; FABACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34447325607     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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