Biological control of the millet head miner Heliocheilus albipunctella in the Sahelian region by augmentative releases of the parasitoid wasp Habrobracon hebetor: effectiveness and farmers perceptions

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Burkina Fasoen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Nigeren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut d'Économie Rurale, Malien_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Ouagadougouen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Fasoen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BFen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierManuele Tamò: 0000-0002-5863-7421en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-013-0317-xen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0334-2123en_US
cg.issue5en_US
cg.journalPhytoparasiticaen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.volume41en_US
dc.contributor.authorBa, Malick N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBaoua, I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorN'Diaye, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDabiré, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSanon, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTamò, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-11T08:41:30Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-07-11T08:41:30Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/76041en_US
dc.titleBiological control of the millet head miner Heliocheilus albipunctella in the Sahelian region by augmentative releases of the parasitoid wasp Habrobracon hebetor: effectiveness and farmers perceptionsen_US
dcterms.abstractOn-farm augmentative releases of the parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor (Say) for controlling the millet head miner (MHM) Heliocheilus albipunctella (de Joannis) were tested in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from 2007 to 2009. In addition, a survey of farmers’ perceptions of insect pests, with particular focus on MHM, and the biological control program (BCP) was carried out. There was a significant increase of MHM parasitization rate after the releases, with up to 97% mortality. The survey on farmers’ perceptions revealed a fair knowledge of the MHM and the ability of farmers to describe the pest and the damage it caused. Farmers claimed that the biocontrol agent H. hebetor is effective and perceived a significant gain in grain yield due to this control strategy. Implications of these findings for a large extension of the MHM biocontrol program are discussed.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.available2013-06-19en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBa, M.N., Baoua, I., Ndiaye, M., Dabire, C., Sanon, A. & Tamò, M. (2013). Biological control of the millet head miner Heliocheilus albipunctella in the Sahelian region by augmentative releases of the parasitoid wasp Habrobracon hebetor: effectiveness and farmers’ perceptions. Phytoparasitica, 41(5), 569-576.en_US
dcterms.extentpp. 569-576en_US
dcterms.issued2013-12en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectcorcyra cephalonicaen_US
dcterms.subjectpennisetum glaucumen_US
dcterms.subjectbiological controlen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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