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 …

Predicting stem borer density in maize using RapidEye data and generalized linear models

EM Abdel-Rahman, T Landmann, R Kyalo… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Average maize yield in eastern Africa is 2.03 t ha− 1 as compared to global average of 6.06 t
ha− 1 due to biotic and abiotic constraints. Amongst the biotic production constraints in …

Phylogeography of Sesamia cretica Lederer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

M Goftishu, Y Assefa, C Fininsa, A Niba… - Phytoparasitica, 2016 - Springer
The greater sugarcane borer, Sesamia cretica Lederer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an
important pest of maize, sorghum and sugarcane in Africa, the Middle East, and …

Diversity of lepidopteran stemborers and their parasitoids on maize and wild host plants in the rain forest of Kisangani, DR Congo

OM Kankonda, BD Akaibe, GO Ong'amo, BP Le Ru - Phytoparasitica, 2017 - Springer
Lepidopteran stemborers are considered as the most important insect pests of cereal crops
in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, limited information exists on stemborers and their …

Genetic variation, phylogeographic structure of Spodoptera exigua in the welsh onion‐producing areas of North China

XY Wang, LH Zhou, T Zhong… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Lepidiptera: Noctuidae), is an important
agricultural pest in China, causing serious economic losses in the main welsh onion …

Busseola segeta, a potential new pest of maize in Western Kenya

PA Calatayud, G Okuku, B Musyoka, N Khadioli… - 2014 - erepository.uonbi.ac.ke
In sub-Saharan Africa, Busseola fusca (Fuller)(Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) is considered as
one of the major stem borer pests of maize (Zea mays) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)[1] …

Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of Spodoptera exigua across a broad geographic area in China

LH Zhou, XY Wang, GQ Xu… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is an important
agriculture pest in China that causes serious economic losses in some of the main crop …

Phylogeography and Population Structure of the Mediterranean Corn Borer, Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Across Its Geographic Range

M Goftishu, Y Assefa, A Niba, C Fininsa… - Journal of economic …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a widespread insect pest in
Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. However, its pest status varies across its distribution …

Identification and Distribution of Haplotypes of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) in Jamaica and the Caribbean

SKV Clarke, SE Brown - Journal of Economic Entomology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), also known as the Asian citrus
psyllid, is a vector of the citrus huanglongbing (HLB) disease. D. citri transmits all three …

[PDF][PDF] Determining genetic variations in Busseola fusca Fuller (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Chilo partellus Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from Swaziland and …

Y Assefa, T Dlamini - Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci, 2016 - researchgate.net
Understanding the impact of climate variability and landscape fragmentation on host and
herbivore interaction is essential for designing and implementation of pest management …