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The effect of temperature and humidity on the bionomics of six African egg parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Mueke, J. M.; Kalyebi, A.; Overholt, W. A.; Schulthess, F.; Sithanantham, S. (Cambridge University Press, 2006-06)

The life table statistics of six native Kenyan species/strains of Trichogramma and Trichogrammatoidea were established using a factitious host Corcyra cephalonica, Stainton (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), at eight different ...

Effect of Temperature on the Development of Orius albidipennis Reuter, a Predator of the African Legume Flower Thrips, Megalurothrips sjostedti Trybom

Mueke, J. M.; Gitonga, L. M.; Löhr, B.; Overholt, W. A.; Magambo, J. K. (Cambridge University Press, 2002-09)

The effects of temperature on the development of Orius albidipennis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), reared on its prey, Megalurothrips sjostedti (Trybom) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), were studied in the laboratory. Nymphal ...

Colonisation of Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in stemborers in the semi-arid Eastern Province of Kenya

Mueke, J. M.; Okelo, Romanus O.; Overholt, W. A. (Cambridge University Press, 2001-12)

A study was conducted at Katumani, Kiboko and Ithookwe, in the semi-arid Eastern Province of Kenya for four seasons (short rains 1996-long rains 1998), to confirm the major stemborers of maize, and to introduce and monitor ...

Biology of Sturmiopsis parasitica (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Suitability of Three Cereal Stem Borers (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Noctuidae) for Its Development

Chinwada, P.; Overholt, W. A.; Omwega, C. O.; Mueke, J. M. (Oxford University Press, 2018)

The development of Sturmiopsis parasitica (Curran) (Diptera: Tachinidae) and levels of parasitism of its hosts, Busseola fusca Fuller, Sesamia calamistis Hampson (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) ...