Browsing by Subject "biological pest control"

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Biological control of the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Phymastichus coffea (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Colombia

Jaramillo, J.; Bustillo, A.E.; Montoya, E.C.; Borgemeister, C. (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005)

The potential of the eulophid parasitoid Phymastichus coffea LaSalle to control coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) populations under field conditions in Colombia was evaluated. Parasitoid adults were released ...
Coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Searching for sustainable control strategies

Jaramillo, J.; Borgemeister, C.; Baker, P. (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006)

The coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) is the most serious pest of the world's most valuable tropical export crop. Since the last review on this insect was published six years ago, many new studies have ...
Natural enemies of the maize cob borer, Mussidia nigrivenella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Benin, West Africa

Sétamou, M.; Schulthess, F.; Goergen, G.; Poehling, Hans-Michael; Borgemeister, C. (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002)

Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot is a pest of maize cobs in West Africa. It significantly reduces maize yields and grain quality, with quantitative losses of 2-25% at harvest, and up to 10-15% indirect losses due to an increase ...

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