Fruit flies are pests of great economic importance due to their quarantine pest status and losses recorded in West Africa. An inventory of parasitoids associated with fruit flies in mangoes, guavas, cashew, pepper and major wild fruit crops was carried out in northern-central Benin in 2005, 2006,...
Vayssières, Jean-François
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Wharton, R.
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Adandonon, A.
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Sinzogan, A.A.C.
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[Preliminary inventory of parasitoids associated with fruit flies in mangoes, guavas, cashew, pepper and wild fruit crops in Benin]
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Preliminary inventory of parasitoids associated with fruit flies in mangoes, guavas, cashew, pepper and wild fruit crops in Benin
Vayssières, Jean-François
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Sinzogan, A.A.C.
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Bokonon-Ganta, A.H.
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[Fruit flies of the Ceratitis genus in West Africa]
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Fruit flies of the Ceratitis genus in West Africa
Oecophylla
ants are appreciated for their control of pests in plantation crops. However,
the ants ? nest building may have negative impacts on trees. In this study we tested
the effect of ant densities and nest building on the leaf performance of mango trees.
Trees were divided into three gro...
Aspecies in the Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) complex was detected in Kenya during2003 and classified as Bactrocera invadens Drew, Tsuruta&White.Having spread rapidlythroughout Africa, it threatens agriculture due to crop damage and loss of marketaccess. In a recent revision of the B. dorsalis com...
Villiers, M. de
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Hattingh, V.
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Kriticos, D.J.
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Brunel, S.
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Vayssières, Jean-François
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Sinzogan, A.A.C.
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Billah, M.K.
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Mohamed, S.A.
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Mwatawala, M.
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Abdelgader, H.
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Salah, F.E.
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Meyer, M. de
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[The potential distribution of Bactrocera dorsalis: Considering phenology and irrigation patterns]
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The potential distribution of Bactrocera dorsalis: Considering phenology and irrigation patterns
We interviewed half of the mango-growers in northern Benin, including 15 farmers involved in a regional fruit fly project, and held focus group discussions with women fruit-pickers. They were asked about pest management and their knowledge of a weaver ant, Oecophylla longinoda. All considered low...
Sinzogan, A.A.C.
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Mele, P. van
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Vayssières, Jean-François
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[Implications of on farm research for local knowledge related to fruits flies and the weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda in mango production]
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Implications of on farm research for local knowledge related to fruits flies and the weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda in mango production
Although numerous adults of the buprestid genus Steraspis Dejean, 1833, have been captured in West Africa, little is known about the biology of the known species, especially about their immature stages. The objective of the present field observations was to increase the knowledge on the biology o...
Vayssières, Jean-François
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Bellamy, C.L.
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Goergen, Georg E.
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Adandonon, A.
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Sinzogan, A.A.C.
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Curletti, G.
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[About the biology of Steraspis fastuosa Gerstaecker in Atacora region, northern Benin (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)]
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About the biology of Steraspis fastuosa Gerstaecker in Atacora region, northern Benin (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)
Parasitoids that oviposit in a concealed host inside a plant part need to be able to find both the plant and the host. Egg parasitoids of fruit-infesting Tephritidae need to assess the oviposition site based both on the host egg and the infested fruit. Infestation by Tephritidae fruit flies threa...
Ayelo, P.M.
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Sinzogan, A.A.C.
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Bokonon-Ganta, A.H.
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Karlsson, M.F.
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[Host species and vegetable fruit suitability and preference by the parasitoid wasp Fopius arisanus]
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Host species and vegetable fruit suitability and preference by the parasitoid wasp Fopius arisanus
Prey capture and food scavenging activities of Oecophylla longinoda were monitored through regular weekly samplings during two consecutive years (2009–2010) in a large mango orchard of the Borgou Department of Benin, West Africa, a main mango production area located in the Sudan agro-ecological z...
Vayssières, Jean-François
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Ouagoussounon, I.
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Adandonon, A.
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Sinzogan, A.A.C.
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Korie, S.
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Todjihounde, R.
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Alassane, S.
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Wargui, R.B.
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Anato, F.M.
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Goergen, Georg E.
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[Seasonal pattern in food gathering of the weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in mango orchards in Benin]
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Seasonal pattern in food gathering of the weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in mango orchards in Benin