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pro vyhledávání: '"Susan W. Kimani"'
Autor:
M.A. Cobblah, Susan W. Kimani-Njogu, David D. Wilson, Robert A. Wharton, William A. Overholt, M.K. Billah
Publikováno v:
BioControl. 53:709-724
The reproductive compatibility between four different species/populations of the tephritid parasitoid Psyttalia (Walker) species from Kenya and individuals of the morphologically identical Psyttalia concolor (Szepligeti) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) fro
Autor:
M.A. Cobblah, Robert A. Wharton, David D. Wilson, Susan W. Kimani-Njogu, M.K. Billah, William A. Overholt
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. 25:168-175
Three species of fruit fly parasitoids, Psyttalia concolor (Szepligeti), Psyttalia cosyrae (Wilkinson) and Psyttalia lounsburyi (Silvestri) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) were reared on different host larvae to determine the effects of host species, size
Publikováno v:
Ecological Entomology. 28:109-118
1. Parasitoids were reared from four species of lepidopteran stem borer collected in maize in southern coastal Kenya from 1992 to 1999. The stem borers included three native species, Sesamia calamistis Hampson, Busseola fusca Fuller, and Chilo oricha
Publikováno v:
Biocontrol Science and Technology. 11:381-390
Busseola fusca (Fuller) is one of the most important pest of cereals in sub-Saharan Africa. Cotesia sesamiae (Cameron) is the predominant parasitoid attacking B. fusca larvae in many parts of Africa. An exotic parasitoid, Cotesia flavipes Cameron, wa
Publikováno v:
Biological Control. 20:167-174
The identity of a species of Psyttalia, a parasitoid of tephritid fruit flies in Kenya, was investigated. Individuals reared from coffee infested with Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Medfly) and two other tephritid species in Kenya were compared with
Autor:
M.K. Trostle, Samira A. Mohamed, Susan W. Kimani-Njogu, Robert A. Wharton, Slawomir A. Lux, William A. Overholt, John Sivinski, Robert S. Copeland, Russell H. Messing
Publikováno v:
Bulletin of Entomological Research. 90:517-526
Arabica coffee was sampled from two sites in the central highlands of Kenya (Rurima, Ruiru) and one site on the western side of the Rift Valley (Koru). Three species of ceratitidine Tephritidae, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), C. rosaKarsch and Trirh
Publikováno v:
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 26:285-296
Electrophoretic studies were conducted on the Cotesia flavipes Cameron complex and Cotesia glomerata L. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Esterase, glucosephosphate isomerase, hexokinase, sorbital dehydrogenase and phosphogluconate dehydrogenase had fixed a
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. 17:119-130
The biosystematics of species in the Cotesia flavipes complex is reviewed with reference to studies conducted on their morphology, morphometrics, enzyme electrophoresis and hybridisation. A survey of 5 morphological characters scored from 17 populati
Autor:
V. C. Ofomata, C. O. Omwega, William A. Overholt, Adele J. Ngi-Song, J. Mbapila, M. N. Sallam, Susan W. Kimani-Njogu
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. 17:79-88
Chilo partellus Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is an exotic stemborer of cereal crops in Africa which invaded the continent from Asia earlier this century. In addition to Ch. partellus, several indigenous stemborers are found in Africa. In 1991, Co
Publikováno v:
Bulletin of Entomological Research. 87:61-66
Morphometric studies of allopatric populations of theCotesia flavipesspecies complex representing three putative species;C. flavipesCameron,C. sesamiae(Cameron) andC. chilonis(Matsumura), were conducted. Sixteen characters were measured. Principal co