Aphid landing rates were monitored with horizontal mosaic green pan traps in monocultures of soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merrill, and in additive mixtures of soybean with dwarf or tall isolines of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) colonized sorghum whorls and was th...
Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) dominated the aerial aphid plankton in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) monocultures and mixed cultures of bean with corn (Zea mays L.) in Illinois. It was also the most common species landing on bean plants in this study during the summer of 1987. More flight activity wa...
Bottenberg, H.
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Irwin, M.E.
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[Flight and landing activity of Rhopalosiphum maidis (Homoptera: Aphididae) in bean monocultures and beancorn mixtures]
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Flight and landing activity of Rhopalosiphum maidis (Homoptera: Aphididae) in bean monocultures and beancorn mixtures
The population dynamics of major cowpea pests was studied in northern Nigeria during 1992-95 in both the wet and dry seasons. Rainfall cowpea is grown as a subsistence crop, mixed at low densities with cereals. Dry-season cowpea is irrigated or grown on residual moisture in monocultures as a cash...
Bottenberg, H.
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Tamo, M.
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Arodokoun, D.
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Jackai, L.E.N.
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Singh, B.
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Youm, O.
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[Population dynamics and migration of cowpea pests in northern Nigeria: implications for integrated pest management]
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Population dynamics and migration of cowpea pests in northern Nigeria: implications for integrated pest management
Biological control, as a key component of biointensive IPM in cowpea, is evaluated for its practical feasibility. The case study of one of the major insect pests, the bean flower thrips Megalumthrips sjosredti (Trybom) (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), is used to indicate the most important criteria for...
Tamo, M.
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Bottenberg, H.
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Arodokoun, D.
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Adeoti, R.
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[The feasibility of classical biological control of two major cowpea insect pests]
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The feasibility of classical biological control of two major cowpea insect pests
Farmers of rainfed cowpea/groundnut/millet/sorghum cropping systems in Kano, Nigeria, ranked arthropods as the major production constraint in cowpea and groundnut in 1991 and 1992. At least 25% of the farmers also reported severe infestations by Striga gesneroides a parasitic weed of cowpea. Drou...
Bottenberg, H.
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[Farmers perceptions of crop pests and pest control practices in rainfed cowpea cropping systems in Kano, Nigeria]
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Farmers perceptions of crop pests and pest control practices in rainfed cowpea cropping systems in Kano, Nigeria
Tamo, M.
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Afouda, L.
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Bandyopadhyay, R.
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Bottenberg, H.
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Cortada Gonzales, L.
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Murithi, H.
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Ortega-Beltran, A.
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Pittendrigh, B.
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Sikirou, R.
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Togola, A.
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Wydra, K.D.
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[Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: legumes]
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Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: legumes