Traditional Regulation of Edible Caterpillar Exploitation in the Kopa Area of Mpika District in Northern Zambia
- K. Mbata, E. Chidumayo, C. Lwatula
- Environmental ScienceJournal of Insect Conservation
- 1 June 2002
The Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of the Bisa people of northern Zambia on species, life cycles and host plants of the caterpillars they exploit for food and for household income generation,…
Comparative resistance of improved maize genotypes and landraces to maize weevil
- J. Siwale, K. Mbata, J. McRobert, D. Lungu
- Biology
- 4 May 2010
The possibility of developing maize hybrids or OPVs that are as resistant to the maize weevil, S. zeamais, as or even better than landraces is discussed and recommendations made.
SHIFTING CULTIVATION, EDIBLE CATERPILLARS AND LIVELIHOODS IN THE KOPA AREA OF NORTHERN ZAMBIA
- E. Chidumayo, K. Mbata
- Environmental Science
- 1 January 2002
ABSTRACT A survey on customary land and an adjacent forest reserve was conducted in the Kopa area of northern Zambia in November 2000. The objectives of the survey were to describe habitats of edible…
Some Observations on the Reproductive Behaviour of Acanthoplus Speiseri Brancsik (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hetrodinae)
- K. Mbata
- Biology
- 1 February 1992
The courtship behaviour, orientations of members of a copulating pair relative to each other, copulation, spermatophore transfer from the male to the female during copulation and oviposition and postoviposition behaviours of the species are described.
Distribution and Diel Activity Patterns of Glossina Fuscipes Fuscipes Newstead on Rusinga Island and Mainland in Mbita, Kenya
- M. L. Mwangelwa, R. Dransfield, L. Otieno, K. Mbata
- Biology
- 1 June 1990
Investigations into fly distribution and diel activity patterns were carried out using biconical traps and solar radiation was found to be the main factor significantly influencing the catches of both males and females during the day.
A contribution to the cytogenetics of the armoured ground cricket, Acanthoplus speiseri (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), a pest of grain crops in Zambia
- K. Mbata
- Biology
- 1 June 2005
The study discusses the important role that karyology and cytogenetics can play for species diagnostics in the subfamily Hetrodinae and investigates the nature, number, structure and behaviour of chromosomes during the meiotic and mitotic sequences in the armoured ground cricket.
The biology and host plant specificity of Acanthoplus speiseri Brancsik (Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae : Hetrodinae), a pest of grain crops
- K. Mbata
- Biology
- 1 March 1992
The biology of the armoured ground cricket, Acanthoplus speiseri Brancsik, a pest of maize and sorghum in Zambia, was studied in the field and in the laboratory. A. speiseri fed on a number of…
The anatomy of the armoured ground cricket, Acanthoplus speiseri Brancsik 1895 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Hetrodinae)
- K. Mbata
- Biology
- 1985
This review discusses the systematic literature review of systematic medicine and its applications in medicine and physiology, as well as some of the methodological approaches used in this review.
A Thermal Unit Model for the Development of Acanthoplus Speiseri Brancsik (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hetrodinae)
- K. Mbata
- Biology
- 1 June 1993
The predictions generated by the developed model for the 1990/1991 season, were compared to the actual dates on which the first specimen of each developmental stage was collected in the field during the season, and the predicted dates of appearance all fell within 1 week of the observed dates of collection.
Soil type selection for oviposition by gravid females of the armoured ground cricket Acanthoplus speiseri Brancsik (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), a pest of grain crops in Zambia
- K. Mbata
- Biology
- 1 December 2004
Soil type selection for oviposition by gravid females of the armoured ground cricket Acanthoplus speiseri Brancsik, a pest of grain crops in Zambia, was investigated and a best subset regression analysis model was developed for use by farmers to predict egg pod numbers of the pest in soils collected from their crop fields.
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