The use pattern of alternative host plants by Maruca vitrata was investigated in southern and central Benin. Among the wild host plants, Pterocarpus santalinoides, Pueraria phaseoloides and Centrosema pubescens were found to be key relay hosts during the long dry season, Lonchocarpus sericeus and L. cyanescens were the most important hosts during the main rainy season, while Tephrosia platycarpa was an essential relay host during the short wet season in between. Cowpea was the major cultivated host plant and can sustain M. vitrata all year round, if available. However, this pest was able to maintain high population levels exclusively on wild hosts without needing to switch to cultivated crops. The relevance of these findings and their impli...
Open Access Article; Published online: 29 Apr 2021The evolution of resistance to the Bacillus thurin...
Synthetic sex pheromone traps for the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Cra...
The legume pod borer, Maruca(testulalis) vitrata (Geyer) is one of the major limitations to increasi...
The use pattern of alternative host plants by Maruca vitrata was investigated in southern and centra...
Maruca vitrata is an economically significant insect pest of cowpea in sub-Saharan Africa. Understan...
The larval parasitoid guild of the cowpea pod borer Maruca vitrata was studied on wild and cultivate...
The spatio-temporal distribution of the pod borer Maruca vitrata was assessed on Lonchocarpus serice...
The evolution of resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins by insect pests is a major thr...
Legume pod borer, Maruca (testulalis) vitrata (Geyer) is one of the major constraints in increasing ...
The ear borer Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot is a polyphagous insect pest that feeds on various culti...
The legume pod borer Maruca vitrata Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is a pantropical insect pest ...
Maruca vitrata Fabricius is a key insect pest of cowpea in West Africa. Larvae of this moth can cau...
The incidence of the key insect pest of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp), the legume pod borer Mar...
In southern Benin, the use of cover crops to improve and maintain soil fertility is on the increase....
Legume pod borer ( Maruca vitrata (Geyer)) is one of the major biotic constraints to increasing th...
Open Access Article; Published online: 29 Apr 2021The evolution of resistance to the Bacillus thurin...
Synthetic sex pheromone traps for the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Cra...
The legume pod borer, Maruca(testulalis) vitrata (Geyer) is one of the major limitations to increasi...
The use pattern of alternative host plants by Maruca vitrata was investigated in southern and centra...
Maruca vitrata is an economically significant insect pest of cowpea in sub-Saharan Africa. Understan...
The larval parasitoid guild of the cowpea pod borer Maruca vitrata was studied on wild and cultivate...
The spatio-temporal distribution of the pod borer Maruca vitrata was assessed on Lonchocarpus serice...
The evolution of resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins by insect pests is a major thr...
Legume pod borer, Maruca (testulalis) vitrata (Geyer) is one of the major constraints in increasing ...
The ear borer Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot is a polyphagous insect pest that feeds on various culti...
The legume pod borer Maruca vitrata Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is a pantropical insect pest ...
Maruca vitrata Fabricius is a key insect pest of cowpea in West Africa. Larvae of this moth can cau...
The incidence of the key insect pest of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp), the legume pod borer Mar...
In southern Benin, the use of cover crops to improve and maintain soil fertility is on the increase....
Legume pod borer ( Maruca vitrata (Geyer)) is one of the major biotic constraints to increasing th...
Open Access Article; Published online: 29 Apr 2021The evolution of resistance to the Bacillus thurin...
Synthetic sex pheromone traps for the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Cra...
The legume pod borer, Maruca(testulalis) vitrata (Geyer) is one of the major limitations to increasi...