In tropical dry seasons, survival of small arthropods such as predatory mites is often negatively affected by low relative humidity (RH). For species that do not diapause or migrate to refuges, the ability of the habitat to mitigate climatic conditions becomes crucial. ...
Zundel, C.
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Nagel, P.
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Hanna, R.
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Korner, F.
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Scheidegger, Urs C.
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[Environment and hostplant genotype effects on the seasonal dynamics of a predatory mite on cassava in subhumid tropical Africa]
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Environment and hostplant genotype effects on the seasonal dynamics of a predatory mite on cassava in subhumid tropical Africa
The establishment of the neotropical predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo in sub-Saharan Africa has resulted in broadly successful biological control of the cassava green mite Mononychellus tanajoa throughout the cassava belt of Africa. In some mid-altitude areas and drier lowland savannahs of sub...
Zundel, C.
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Hanna, R.
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Scheidegger, Urs C.
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Nagel, P.
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[Living at the threshold: where does the neotropical phytoseiid mite Typhlodromalus aripo survive the dry season?]
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Living at the threshold: where does the neotropical phytoseiid mite Typhlodromalus aripo survive the dry season?
Typhlodromallus aripo, a predatory phytoseiid species of the cassava green mite Mononychellus tanajoa was introduced to the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1998. It established easily and spread quickly to other areas from the sites of first release. But its dispersal was constrained by intense c...
Tata-Hangy, K.
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Hanna, R.
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Toko, M.
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Solo, M.
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[Effect of cassava leaf harvesting on a cassava green mite predator in the Democratic Republic of Congo]
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Effect of cassava leaf harvesting on a cassava green mite predator in the Democratic Republic of Congo
There is an increasing awareness that vegetation diversity can affect herbi-vore and natural enemy abundance and that plants can play a major rolein directly manipulating natural enemy abundance for protection againstherbivore attacks. Using data from cassava fields, we aimed at (i) testingthe ca...
Onzo, A.
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Hanna, R.
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Toko, M.
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[Mixplanting pubescent and glabrous cassava affects abundance of Typhlodromalus aripo and its prey mite Mononychellus tanajoa]
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Mixplanting pubescent and glabrous cassava affects abundance of Typhlodromalus aripo and its prey mite Mononychellus tanajoa
La mosaïque africaine du manioc est une maladie redoutable qui ravage les champs de manioc en Afrique. Elle est causée par un virus dont le vecteur principal est la mouche blanche Bemisia tabaci. Un des moyens de lutte contre cette maladie passe par la lutte contre le vecteur B. tabaci, réputé tr...
Onzo, A.
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Zannou, I.
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Adjibade, O.A.
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Broutani, S.
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Hanna, R.
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[Potentialites de lacarien predateur Amblyseius swirskii (AthiasHenriot) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) dans la lutte biologique contre la mouche blanche Bemisia tabaci (Genn.), vecteur de la mosaique du manioc en Afrique]
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Potentialites de lacarien predateur Amblyseius swirskii (AthiasHenriot) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) dans la lutte biologique contre la mouche blanche Bemisia tabaci (Genn.), vecteur de la mosaique du manioc en Afrique
The attraction of the predatory mites, Typhlodromalus manihoti and Typhlodromalus aripo, to the host plant-spider mite complex, Manihot esculenta–Mononychellus tanajoa, was investigated with a Y-tube olfactometer. Factors examined included predator starvation period, several combinations of cassa...
Gnanvossou, D.
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Hanna, R.
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Dicke, M.
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Yaninek, S.
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[Attraction of the predatory mites Typhlodromalus manihot and Typhlodromalus aripo to cassava plants infested by cassava green mite]
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Attraction of the predatory mites Typhlodromalus manihot and Typhlodromalus aripo to cassava plants infested by cassava green mite
The cassava green mite Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) (Acari: Tetranychidae) is one of the most important pests of cassava, a main staple food crop in Tanzania. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (ETA) in collaboration with the Tanzania
National Biological Control P r o m (NBCP) ...
Pallangyo, B.
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Hanna, R.
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Toko, M.
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Gnanvossou, D.
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Mgoo, V.
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Otema, M.
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Onzo, A.
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Hountondji, F.C.C.
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Nsami, E.
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Mfugale, O.
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[Biological control of cassava green mite in Tanzania]
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Biological control of cassava green mite in Tanzania
Diagnostic PCR with two specific primer pairs (NEOSSU and 8DDC) were used to monitor the establishment and geographical distribution of Brazilian isolates of Neozygites tanajoae Delalibera, Hajek and Humber (Entomophthorales: Neozygitaceae) released in Benin for the biological control of the cass...
Agboton, B.
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Hanna, R.
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Tiedemann, A. von
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[Molecular detection of establishment and geographical distribution of Brazilian isolates of Neozygites tanajoae, a fungus pathogenic to cassava green mite, in Benin (West Africa)]
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Molecular detection of establishment and geographical distribution of Brazilian isolates of Neozygites tanajoae, a fungus pathogenic to cassava green mite, in Benin (West Africa)