(1) The effects of the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Mat.-Ferr., on cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz, growth, development and yields as modified by weather, soil water and nitrogen, and natural enemies were examined. (2) Rainfall-induced mortality and plant carbohydrate stress were the...
Gutiérrez, A.P.
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Neuenschwander, P.
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Schulthess, F.
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Herren, H.R.
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Baumgaertner, J.U.
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Wermelinger, B.
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Lohr, B.
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Ellis, C.K.
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[Analysis of the biological control of cassava pests in Africa: II. Cassava mealybug (Phenaccoccus manihoti)]
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Analysis of the biological control of cassava pests in Africa: II. Cassava mealybug (Phenaccoccus manihoti)
Goergen, Georg E.
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Tamò, M.
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Kyofa-Boamah, M.E.
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Bokonon-Ganta, A.H.
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Neuenschwander, P.
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[Papaya mealybug: a new invading pest in West Africa]
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Papaya mealybug: a new invading pest in West Africa
During the Africa-wide Biological Control project, the neotropical parasitoid Epidinocarsis lopezi (De Santis) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) was established in 26 African countries, causing a satisfactory reduction in the population density of the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti Mat.-Ferr. (Hom...
Neuenschwander, P.
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[Control of the cassava mealybug in Africa: lessons from a biological control project]
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Control of the cassava mealybug in Africa: lessons from a biological control project
The spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus dispersus Russell (Hom., Aleyrodidae), a native of Central America, was found in continental Africa for the first time early in 1992, and has since spread to five West and Central African countries. It is a polyphagous pest which causes substantial damage also...
Neuenschwander, P.
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[Spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus dispersus, a recent invader and new cassava pest]
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Spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus dispersus, a recent invader and new cassava pest
The metapopulation dynamics of the African cassava food web is explored using a physiologically based tritrophic model. The interacting species are cassava, cassava mealybug and its natural enemies (two parasitoids, a coccinellid predator and a fungal pathogen), and the cassava greenmite and its ...
Gutiérrez, A.P.
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Yaninek, John S.
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Neuenschwander, P.
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Ellis, C.K.
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[A physiologically based tritrophic metapopulation model of the African cassava food web]
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A physiologically based tritrophic metapopulation model of the African cassava food web
1. A unified ratio-dependent supply-demand driven tritrophic model of the cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) system was compared to field data, and then used to explore the basis for the successful control of cassava mealybug (CM, Phenacoccus manihoti Mat.-Ferr.) in Africa by the exotic parasitoi...
Gutiérrez, A.
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Neuenschwander, P.
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Alphen, J. van
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[Factors affecting biological control of cassava mealybug by exotic parasitoids: a ratio dependent supply demand driven model]
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Factors affecting biological control of cassava mealybug by exotic parasitoids: a ratio dependent supply demand driven model
Staubli Dreyer, B.
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Baumgaertner, J.U.
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Neuenschwander, P.
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Dorn, S.
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[The functional responses of two Hyperaspis notat strains to their prey, the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti]
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The functional responses of two Hyperaspis notat strains to their prey, the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti
The effect of fertilizer and mulch across tropic level of the cassava ecosystem, i.e. the plant, the cassava mealybug(CM), the wasp Apoanagyrus lopezi and its hyperparasitoids, was studied in two field experiments planted ins southern Benin. Several cassava cultivars with different branching patt...
Schulthess, F.
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Neuenschwander, P.
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Gounou, S.
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[Multitrophic interactions in cassava, Manihot esculenta, cropping systems in the subhumid tropics of West Africa]
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Multitrophic interactions in cassava, Manihot esculenta, cropping systems in the subhumid tropics of West Africa
Population data concerning the cassava mealybug (CM) Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero, the introduced parasitoid Epidinocarsis lopezi (De Santis), and indigenous antagonists were collected, together with ecological and plant growth variables, during a survey of 414 fields covering all ecologic...
Neuenschwander, P.
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Hammond, W.
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Ajuonu, O.
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Gado, A.
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Echendu, N.
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Bokonon-Ganta, A.H.
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Allomasso, R.
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Okon, I.
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[Biological control of the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti (Hom., Pseudococcidae) by Epidinocarsis lopezi (Hym., Encyrtidae) in West Africa, as influenced by climate and soil]
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Biological control of the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti (Hom., Pseudococcidae) by Epidinocarsis lopezi (Hym., Encyrtidae) in West Africa, as influenced by climate and soil
Among several natural enemies introduced to combat the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae), the neotropical parasitoid Apoanagyrus (Epidinocarsis) lopezi (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) was the most successful. It established in 26 African countries, causing a satisfactor...