Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Subject "Sesamia calamistis"
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Location, acceptance and suitability of lepidopteran stemborers feeding on a cultivated and wild host-plant to the endoparasitoid Cotesia flavipes Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
(Department of Biochemistry, 2008-04)Maize fields in Africa are usually surrounded by land occupied by wild plants many of which harbor lepidopteran stemborer species not found on crops. It is not known if the exotic braconid parasitoid Cotesia flavipes, which ... -
Major heretofore intractable biotic constraints to African food security that may be amenable to novel biotechnological solutions
(Department of Biochemistry, 2004-08)The input costs of pesticides to control biotic constraints are often prohibitive to the subsistence farmers of Africa and seed based solutions to biotic stresses are more appropriate. Plant breeding has been highly ...