Browsing Articles: Department of Water and Agricultural Resources Management by Author "Onsongo, Susan K."
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Efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae (Mechnikov) Sorokin ICIPE 69 against the melon fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) infesting courgette (Cucurbita pepo L.) in field cages
Dubois, Thomas; Onsongo, Susan K.; Omuse, Evanson R.; Akutse, Komivi S.; Mohamed, Samira A. (UoEm, 2023-07-21)Effective integrated pest management (IPM) of the melon fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), a devastating pest threatening horticultural production in Africa, is urgently needed. In this study, a c ... -
Performance of Three Isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae and Their Virulence against Zeugodacus cucurbitae under Different Temperature Regimes, with Global Extrapolation of Their Efficiency
Onsongo, Susan K.; Gichimu, Bernard M.; Akutse, Komivi S.; Dubois, Thomas; Mohamed, Samira A. (MDPI, 2019-08)The performance of entomopathogenic fungi in pest control is usually a ected by both biotic and abiotic factors. This study aimed to determine the e ects of various temperatures (15, 20, 25 and 30 C) on conidial ...