Biology and management of economically important lepidopteran cereal stem borers in Africa.
- R. Kfir, W. Overholt, Z. Khan, A. Polaszek
- Medicine, BiologyAnnual Review of Entomology
- 2002
The status of knowledge about economically important cereal stem borers in Africa is summarized with emphasis on their distribution, pest status and yield losses, diapause, natural enemies, cultural control, host plant resistance, and biological control.
The use of push-pull strategies in integrated pest management.
- S. M. Cook, Z. Khan, J. Pickett
- BiologyAnnual Review of Entomology
- 2007
The principles of the strategy are described, the potential components are listed, and case studies reviewing work on the development and use of push-pull strategies in each of the major areas of pest control are presented.
Exploiting chemical ecology and species diversity : stem borer and striga control for maize and sorghum in Africa
- Z. Khan, J. Pickett, J. V. D. Berg, L. Wadhams, Christine Woodcock
- Biology
- 1 November 2000
There has been considerable take-up of the system within the communities where farmer-managed trials have been carried out, particularly in the Trans Nzoia and Suba districts of Kenya, and the programme is set to expand throughout and beyond Kenya.
Utilisation of Wild Gramineous Plants for Management of Cereal Stemborers in Africa
- Z. Khan, P. Chiliswa, M. Mulaa
- Biology
- 1 March 1997
Field trials in Kenya demonstrated that the forage grass, Sorghum vulgare sudanense (Sudan grass) attracted greater oviposition by stemborers than cultivated maize, resulting in significant increase in maize yield and significant reduction in stemborer infestation.
Intercropping increases parasitism of pests
- Z. Khan, K. Ampong‐Nyarko, Christine Woodcock
- BiologyNature
- 14 August 1997
Intercropping with the non-host molasses grass, Melinis minutiflora, significantly decreased levels of infestation by stem-borers in the main crop and also increased larval parasitism of stem- borers by Cotesia sesamiae.
Chemical ecology and conservation biological control
- Z. Khan, D. G. James, C. Midega, J. Pickett
- Environmental Science
- 1 May 2008
On-farm evaluation of the 'push-pull' technology for the control of stemborers and striga weed on maize in western Kenya
- Z. Khan, C. Midega, D. Amudavi, A. Hassanali, J. Pickett
- Biology
- 20 March 2008
A climate-adapted push-pull system effectively controls fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith), in maize in East Africa
- C. Midega, J. Pittchar, J. Pickett, G. Hailu, Z. Khan
- Biology
- 1 March 2018
Habitat Management Strategies for the Control of Cereal Stemborers and Striga in Maize in Kenya
- Z. Khan, J. Pickett, L. Wadhams, F. Muyekho
- Biology
- 1 December 2001
The integrated ’push-pull’ strategies were shown to increase parasitism of stemborers through attraction of parasitoids to one of the intercrops, molasses grass, which drastically reduced damage to maize by the parasitic weed, striga.
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