Field experiments were conducted in the dry season of 1985–86 and the first and second rainy seasons of 1986 at Ibadan, Nigeria, to assess the level of damage and yield reductions caused by Eldana saccharina Walker to maize. Grain weight per plant in artificially infested plots was up to 36% lowe...
Bosque Pérez, N.A.
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Mareck, J.H.
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[Effect of stem borer Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on the yield of maize]
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Effect of stem borer Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on the yield of maize
Oviposition and development of Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky were studied on shelled maize kernels and unshelled cobs of the variety “Blanc Deux Precoce” from the Republic of Benin. On unshelled cobs adult weevils must feed and oviposit mostly on the kernel's crown, the only part of the kernel f...
Kossou, D.K.
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Bosque Pérez, N.A.
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Mareck, J.H.
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[Effects of shelling maize cobs on the oviposition and development Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky]
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Effects of shelling maize cobs on the oviposition and development Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky
The distribution and species composition of lepidopterous maize borers was studied in six locations in southern Nigeria during the second planting season (August-November) of 1985 and 1986. Sesamia calamistis Hampson (Noctuidae) and Eldana saccharina Walker (Pyralidae) were the stem borers most a...
Bosque Pérez, N.A.
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Mareck, J.H.
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[Distribution and species composition of lepidopterous maize borers in southern Nigeria]
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Distribution and species composition of lepidopterous maize borers in southern Nigeria