Browsing Articles: Department of Water and Agricultural Resources Management by Subject "Chilo partellus"

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Genetics of dual resistance to african stem borer, busseola fusca and spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus in sorghum

Phyllis, W. Muturi; Mgonja, M.; Rubaihayo, P. (Springer Link, 2021-02)

African stem borer, Busseola fusca Fuller (Noctuidae) and spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus Swinhoe (Crambidae) cause more than 40 % of grain yield loss in cereals and bothpests co-exist in mid-altitudes in Kenya. ...
New sources of resistance to spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus in sorghum

Muturi, Phyllis W.; Rubaihayo, P.; Mgonja, M.; Kyamanywa, S.; Kibuka, J.; Sharma, H.C. (2012)

The lepidopteran Chilo partellus Crambid, an introduced pest in East and southern Africa from Asia, is the most economically important stem borer species infesting cereals in Africa. Chilo partellus causes more than 40% ...