Annual cycle of the legume pod borer Maruca vitrata Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in southwestern Burkina Faso

Traore, F and Ba, M N and Dabire-Binso, C L and Sanon, A and Pittendrigh, B R (2014) Annual cycle of the legume pod borer Maruca vitrata Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in southwestern Burkina Faso. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 8 (2). pp. 155-162. ISSN 1872-8855

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Abstract

Maruca vitrata is an economically significant insect pest of cowpea in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the seasonal population patterns of M. vitrata is essential for the establishment of effective pest management strategies. M. vitrata larval populations on cultivated cowpea and adult flying activities were monitored in addition to scouting for host plants and parasitoids during 2 consecutive years in 2010 and 2011 in southwestern Burkina Faso. Our data suggest that M. vitrata populations overlapped on cultivated cowpea and alternate host plants during the rainy season. During the cowpea off-season, M. vitrata maintained a permanent population on the wild host plants Mucuna poggei and Daniella oliveri. The parasitoid fauna include three species, Phanerotoma leucobasis Kri., Braunsia kriegeri End. and Bracon sp. Implications of these finding for pest management strategies are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	RP-Grain Legumes
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cowpea; Maruca vitrata; Mucuna poggei; Daniella oliveri; Parasitoids
Subjects:	Others > Food Legumes
Depositing User:	Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited:	22 Jul 2015 03:19
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2017 06:39
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/8887
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11829-014-9297-0
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	UNSPECIFIED
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