The fall armyworm and larger grain borer Pest invasions in Africa: drivers, impacts and implications for food systems

S Mlambo, M Mubayiwa, VL Tarusikirwa, H Machekano… - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The fall armyworm and larger grain borer are two of the main invasive
cereal insect pests of cereal crops in Africa. These pests cause successive synergistic …

Oviposition and Development of Tribolium Castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) on Different Types of Flour

AR Gerken, JF Campbell - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The commercial availability of low-gluten or gluten-free flours has been increasing due to
consumer demands, which raises new challenges for the management of stored product …

Mortality and progeny production of four stored-product insect species on three grain commodities treated with Beauveria bassiana and diatomaceous earths

W Wakil, T Schmitt, NG Kavallieratos - Journal of Stored Products Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Laboratory bioassays were conducted to estimate the effectiveness of the
entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill.(Hypocreales …

Competition of three species of Sitophilus on rice and maize

CG Athanassiou, NG Kavallieratos, JF Campbell - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Laboratory tests were carried out in order to examine competition among three congeneric
species on rice and maize: the granary weevil, Sitophilus granarius, the rice weevil …

Temperature-mediated competition between the invasive larger grain borer (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and the cosmopolitan maize weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae …

H Quellhorst, CG Athanassiou, A Bruce… - Environmental …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Interspecific competition between agricultural pests may affect the species that can
establish, and may also affect food production. Prostephanus truncatus (Horn), the larger …

Competition between Prostephanus truncatus and Sitophilus oryzae on maize: the species that gets there first matters

GV Baliota, DS Scheff, WR Morrison… - Bulletin of …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Laboratory tests were carried out in order to examine the population growth of Prostephanus
truncatus (Horn)(Coleoptera: Bostrychidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (L.)(Coleoptera …

Competition of three stored-product bostrychids on different temperatures and commodities

MK Sakka, CG Athanassiou - Journal of Stored Products Research, 2018 - Elsevier
We evaluated the competition among three species of stored-product Bostryhidae:
Rhyzopertha dominica, Prostephanus truncatus and Dinoderus porcellus. In this context, ten …

Life history of Plodia interpunctella Hübner on sunflower seeds: Effects of seed qualitative traits and the initial seed damage

SM Gvozdenac, DM Prvulović, MN Radovanović… - Journal of Stored …, 2018 - Elsevier
Sunflower seeds are regularly infested by Plodia interpunctella during storage. Although this
pest prefers damaged seeds, in practice it can infest undamaged seeds as well. This …

Dangerous liaisons of three key secondary stored-product pests in cracked maize

EP Nika, NG Kavallieratos, C Malesios - Journal of Stored Products …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current study examines the relationships of Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.)(Coleoptera:
Silvanidae) with Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Tenebrio …

VOC emissions influence intra-and interspecific interactions among stored-product Coleoptera in paddy rice

G Giunti, V Palmeri, GM Algeri, O Campolo - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Olfaction is a pivotal sense for insects and granivorous pests may exploit grain volatiles for
food selection. Tribolium confusum, is a secondary pest of stored cereals that benefits from …