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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Maruca vitrata"”.
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Re-investigation of the female sex pheromone of the legume podborer, Maruca vitrata (Lepidopters: Crambidae)
The legume podborer, Maruca vitrata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is a serious pest of legumes throughout Asia and Africa. Previous workers identified (E,E)-10,12-hexadecadienal (EE10,12-6:Ald), (E,E)-10,12-hexadecadienol (EE10,12-16:OH) and (E)-10-hexadecenal (E10-16:Ald) as sex pheromone components of …
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Development of an integrated pest management strategy for the control of Maruca Vitrata on cowpea in Kebbi state of Nigeria
… of developing an IPM control strategy against M. vitrata in cowpea which will replace the existing use of calendar based application of broad spectrum chemical insecticide (Mixture of 30g cypermethrin and 250g dimethoate) in Kebbi State of Nigeria. The study initially made use of a survey backed …
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A genomic analysis of the insect pest populations of cowpea in West Africa
… of cowpea in West Africa, the legume pod borer (Maruca vitrata). I applied a set of microsatellite markers (Chapters 2 and 3) and mitochondrial cox1 haplotype data (Chapter 3) to characterize the M. vitrata populations across locations in West Africa [Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria (Chapter 2)] …
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Dichlorodiphenyltricholorethane (DDT) resistance mechanisms in Drosophila melanogaster and applications for the cowpea pest Clavigralla tomentosicollis
… of pests of cowpea focused on the lepidopteran Maruca vitrata, with the exception of one study that isolated potential molecular genetic markers for four additional pests of cowpea, including C. tomentosicollis, highlighting the gap in knowledge for this critical cowpea pest. Insect …