▪ Abstract Cereals (maize, sorghum, millet, rice) are extremely important crops grown in
Africa for human consumption. Of the various insect pests attacking cereal crops in Africa …

▪ Abstract Honey bee foragers dance to communicate the spatial location of food and other
resources to their nestmates. This remarkable communication system has long served as an …

The relationship between fecundity and body size in females of the moth Streblote panda
Hübner was studied in laboratory by using both virgin and mated females. Strong …

Abstract Stemborers (Busseola fusca, Sesamia calamistis and Chilo partellus), the fall
armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and associated parasitoids constitute an interacting …

The spotted stemborer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)(Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is one of the
most important insect pests attacking maize and sorghum in Ethiopia. Recent studies have …

Second and third instar Chilo partellus larvae were infected with Beauveria bassiana and
Metarhizium anisopliae (both at 1× 108conidia/ml) and daily consumption of maize leaves …

Simple Summary Invasion of fall armyworm led to co-inhabitation with resident stemborers in
maize cropping systems in Kenya. As a result, exploitative and interference intraguild …

A ratio‐dependent host–parasite interaction model with a linear trend was developed to
analyze the impact of the exotic parasitoid Cotesia flavipes (Cameron)(Hymenoptera …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is important for agriculture and livelihoods in eastern and southern
Africa as it is the major staple food. However, maize yield in Africa is very low, 1.5 t/ha …

Africa hosts several economically significant lepidopteran cereal stemborer species
belonging to the C rambidae, N octuidae and P yralidae families. The invasive spotted …