Ecology of the African Maize Stalk Borer, Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with Special Reference to Insect-Plant Interactions

PA Calatayud, BP Le Ru, J Van den Berg, F Schulthess - Insects, 2014 - mdpi.com
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 …

Rice stem borer species in Tanzania: a review

B January, GM Rwegasira, T Tefera - The Journal of Basic and Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Rice is an important cereal crop and is cultivated virtually in all agro-ecological zones in
Tanzania. However, production capacity is far below the national requirement. One of the …

Species diversity and distribution of lepidopteran stem borers in S outh A frica and M ozambique

J Moolman, J Van den Berg, D Conlong… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Country‐wide surveys of lepidopteran stem borers in wild host plants were undertaken
between 2006 and 2009 in S outh A frica and 2005 and 2010 in M ozambique. A total of …

Impact of an Exotic Invasive Pest, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), on Resident Communities of Pest and Natural Enemies in Maize Fields in Kenya

BM Sokame, B Musyoka, J Obonyo, F Rebaudo… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The interactions among insect communities influence the composition of pest complexes
that attack crops and, in parallel, their natural enemies, which regulate their abundance. The …

Spatio-Temporal Interactions Between Maize Lepidopteran Stemborer Communities and Possible Implications From the Recent Invasion of Spodoptera frugiperda …

ES Ntiri, PA Calatayud, J Van den Berg… - Environmental …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Spatio-temporal dynamics of multi-species pest communities and the interactions between
them influence the structure of pest complex that attack crops. In East and Southern Africa …

Influence of Temperature on the Interaction for Resource Utilization between Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and a Community of …

BM Sokame, F Rebaudo, P Malusi, S Subramanian… - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Intra-and interspecific interactions within communities of species that utilize the same
resources are characterized by competition or facilitation. The noctuid stemborers, Busseola …

Influence of temperature on intra-and interspecific resource utilization within a community of lepidopteran maize stemborers

ES Ntiri, PA Calatayud, J Van Den Berg, F Schulthess… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Competition or facilitation characterises intra-and interspecific interactions within
communities of species that utilize the same resources. Temperature is an important factor …

Ongoing ecological speciation in Cotesia sesamiae, a biological control agent of cereal stem borers

L Kaiser, BP Le Ru, F Kaoula… - Evolutionary …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
To develop efficient and safe biological control, we need to reliably identify natural enemy
species, determine their host range, and understand the mechanisms that drive host range …

Insect resistance management in Bt maize: Wild host plants of stem borers do not serve as refuges in Africa

J Van den Berg - Journal of economic entomology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Resistance evolution by target pests threatens the sustainability of Bt maize in Africa where
insect resistance management (IRM) strategies are faced by unique challenges. The …

Caterpillar-induced plant volatiles attract conspecific and heterospecific adults for oviposition within a community of lepidopteran stemborers on maize plant

BM Sokame, ES Ntiri, P Ahuya, B Torto, BP Le Ru… - Chemoecology, 2019 - Springer
Olfactory cues may influence host plant preferences for oviposition of female moths within a
community of stemborers that utilise the same resource. This study aimed to evaluate plant …