Modelling the current and future potential distribution of the bean bug Riptortus pedestris with increasingly serious damage to soybean

H Zhang, Y Wang, Z Wang, W Ding, K Xu… - Pest Management …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The bean bug, Riptortus pedestris, has received intense attention in recent
years because of its involvement in increasing outbreaks of staygreen syndrome in soybean …

Harnessing data science to improve integrated management of invasive pest species across Africa: An application to Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)(JE Smith …

RA Guimapi, S Niassy, BT Mudereri… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
After five years of its first report on the African continent, Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera
frugiperda (JE Smith) is considered a major threat to maize, sorghum, and millet production …

Performance of push–pull technology in low-fertility soils under conventional and conservation agriculture farming systems in Malawi

S Niassy, MK Agbodzavu, BT Mudereri, D Kamalongo… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Push–pull technology (PPT) is one of the most viable low-cost agroecological practices that
reduces the effects of insect pest infestations (eg, stemborer) and parasitic weeds (eg …

A systematic methodological approach to estimate the impacts of a classical biological control agent's dispersal at landscape: Application to fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis …

KM Agboka, HEZ Tonnang, EM Abdel-Rahman… - Biological Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Following the invasion of Africa by the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, Classical
biological control (CBC) has been exploited as a safer alternative for its suppression by the …

Current and future scenarios of suitability and expansion of cassava brown streak disease, Bemisia tabaci species complex, and cassava planting in Africa

G Sikazwe, RE epse Yocgo, P Landi, DM Richardson… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is among the most important staple crops globally, with an
imperative role in supporting the Sustainable Development Goal of 'Zero hunger'. In sub …

Household perception and infestation dynamics of bedbugs among residential communities and its potential distribution in Africa

DM Mbuta, FM Khamis, BM Sokame, F Ng'ong'a… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Bedbugs have experienced an extraordinary upsurge in the recent past across the world.
This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the community perception of the pest outbreaks …

Efficacy of Eco-Friendly Bio-Pesticides against the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) for Sustainable Eggplant Cultivation in Kebbi State, Nigeria

M Abubakar, D Yadav, B Koul, M Song - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is among the vital fruit vegetables cultivated globally
for its health and nutritional benefits. However, its production has been hindered by …

Predicting Climate Change Effects on the Potential Distribution of Two Invasive Cryptic Species of the Bemisia tabaci Species Complex in China

Y Xue, C Lin, Y Wang, W Liu, F Wan, Y Zhang, L Ji - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Biological invasions have become an ecological issue worldwide, and
climate change may further influence the spread of invasive species. In this study, the latest …

Ecological niche complexity of invasive and native cryptic species of the Bemisia tabaci species complex in China

Y Xue, C Lin, Y Wang, Y Zhang, L Ji - Journal of Pest Science, 2022 - Springer
Bemisia tabaci is an important pest affecting agricultural and horticultural crops worldwide
and comprises a complex of cryptic species. In China, the introduction of the two invasive …

Biogeography of cereal stemborers and their natural enemies: forecasting pest management efficacy under changing climate

R Mutamiswa, G Chikowore… - Pest Management …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Climate warming presents physiological challenges to insects, manifesting as
loss of key life‐history fitness traits and survival. For interacting host–parasitoid species …