| dc.contributor.author | Hassanali, Ahmed | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-03T12:37:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-03-03T12:37:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1997-08-14 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Scientific Correspondence Nature 388, 631-632 (14 August 1997) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/9164 | |
| dc.description.abstract | As part of a programme for controlling lepidopteran stem-borers in cereal crops in Africa, we have investigated the effectiveness of combined cropping regimes of cultivatedand wild plants for reducing stem-borer damage. Intercropping with the non-host molasses grass, Melinis minutiflora, significantly decreased levels of infestation by stem-borers in the main crop and also increased larval parasitism of stem-borers by Cotesia sesamiae. Volatile agents produced by M. minutiflora repelled female stem-borers and attracted foraging female C. sesamiae. One of the volatile components released by intact M. minutiflora which attract parasitoids is also produced by herbivore-damaged plants and is implicated more widely as a cue for stimulating predation and parasitism. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Macmillan Publishers Limited | en_US |
| dc.title | Intercropping increases parasitism of pests | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
