About the RUFORUM 2010 Biennal Conference
"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholders in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Crop Protection"
Cross-mating and oviposition behaviour between strains of Cotesia sesamiae cameron (hymenoptera: braconidae) from Kitale, Mombasa and Mount Kenya
Abstract:
Stemborers cause 50% yield losses in cereal crops. In Kenya
Cotesia sesamiae is one of the parasitoids that has been studied
in regard to the control of stemborer pests. In this study the
reproductive compatibility of three populations of C. sesamiae
was investigated using the noctuid S. calamistis and Busseola
fusca as hosts. The output of this work has helped to determine
the effect of cross mating and oviposition behaviour of C.
sesamia strains and has helped to understand the possible
consequences of the introduction and redistribution of C.
sesamiae for the sustainable control of stem borers in Africa.
Les foreurs de tige causent 50% des pertes de rendement dans
les cultures céréalières. Au Kenya, Cotesia sesamiae est l’un
des parasitoïdes qui a été étudié en ce qui concerne le contrôle
des ravageurs foreurs de tige. Dans cette étude de la compatibilité
en matière de reproduction de trois populations de C. sesamiae
a été étudiée en utilisant le calamistis noctuelles et S. Busseola
fusca comme hôtes. La sortie de ce travail a contribué à
déterminer l’effet de l’accouplement de la Croix et le
comportement de ponte des souches de C. Sesamia et a aidé à
comprendre les conséquences éventuelles de l’introduction et la
redistribution de C. sesamiae pour le contrôle durable des foreurs
en Afrique.
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English
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2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1035-1039
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