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HERBIVORES OF STRIGA-HERMONTHICA IN NORTHERN GHANA AND APPROACHES TO THEIR USE AS BIOCONTROL AGENTS

Authors list: KROSCHEL, J; ABBASHER, AA; SAUERBORN, J

Publication year: 1995

Pages: 163-164

Journal: Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volume number: 5

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 0958-3157

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/09583159550039873

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract:
A survey of herbivores of Striga hermonthica Del. Benth., a root parasite of cereal crops, was conducted in northern Ghana in 1992. Smicronyx umbrinus Hustache (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Junonia orithya L. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) were found to attack S. hermonthica in all areas surveyed. Preliminary observations indicate that these two insects have a great potential to cause damage. In the Shinyanga region of Tanzania, Malawi and the middle-west of Madagascar, investigations revealed that only J. orithya is common in all areas surveyed in contrast to the situation in northern Ghana.

Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: KROSCHEL, J., ABBASHER, A. and SAUERBORN, J. (1995) HERBIVORES OF STRIGA-HERMONTHICA IN NORTHERN GHANA AND APPROACHES TO THEIR USE AS BIOCONTROL AGENTS, Biocontrol Science and Technology, 5(2), pp. 163-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/09583159550039873

APA Citation style: KROSCHEL, J., ABBASHER, A., & SAUERBORN, J. (1995). HERBIVORES OF STRIGA-HERMONTHICA IN NORTHERN GHANA AND APPROACHES TO THEIR USE AS BIOCONTROL AGENTS. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 5(2), 163-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/09583159550039873

Keywords

BIOLOGICAL WEED CONTROL; HERBIVORES; S-ASIATICA; SCROPHULARIACEAE; STRIGA HERMONTHICA

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