Distribution and species composition of stemborers and their natural enemies in maize and sorghum in Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.authorKairu, E. W.
dc.contributor.authorGetu, E.
dc.contributor.authorOverholt, W. A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:21:40Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:21:40Z
dc.date.issued2001-12
dc.descriptionDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400008456en_US
dc.description.abstractSurveys were conducted to determine the species composition of stemborers and their natural enemies in maize and sorghum in 1999 and 2000 in eastern, northern, southern and western Ethiopia. The six species of stemborers found attacking maize and sorghum were Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), Busseola fusca Fuller, Sesamia calamistis Hampson (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), S. nonagrioides botanephaga Tarns & Bowden (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Rhynchaenus niger (Horn) (Coleoptera: Rhynchophoridae) and Pissodes dubious (Ström) (Coleoptera: Rhynchophoridae). Twenty species of primary parasitoids of eggs, larvae and pupae of Ch. partellus, B. fusca and S. calamistis were recorded. Other natural enemies, including predators, fungi and nematodes, were also found. Cotesia flavipes Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) was the dominant and the most widely distributed parasitoid of stemborers in Ethiopia, and was reared from field-collected Ch. partellus, B. fusca and S. calamistis.en_US
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Tropical Insect Science / Volume 21 / Issue 04 / December 2001, pp 353-359en_US
dc.identifier.issn1742-7584
dc.identifier.other1742-7592
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/9650
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectdistributionen_US
dc.subjectstemborersen_US
dc.subjectnatural enemiesen_US
dc.subjectmaizeen_US
dc.subjectsorghumen_US
dc.subjectestablishmenten_US
dc.subjectChilo partellusen_US
dc.subjectCotesia flavipesen_US
dc.subjectBusseola fuscaen_US
dc.subjectEthiopiaen_US
dc.titleDistribution and species composition of stemborers and their natural enemies in maize and sorghum in Ethiopiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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