Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 82
  • Issue: 4

Candidates for augmentative biological control of spodoptera frugiperda (J E smith) in kenya, tanzania and nepal

  • Author:
  • Nsami Elibariki1, Ajaya Shree Ratna Bajracharya2, Binu Bhat2, Tadele Tefera3, Jason L Mottern4, Gregory Evans5, Rangaswamy Muniappan9,*, Dhoj GC Yubak6, Beatrice Pallangyo7, Paddy Likhayo8
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Feb 5, 2021
  • Page Number: 606 to 608

1National Biological Control Centre, Kibaha, Cosat Region, Tanzania

2Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal

3International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, ILRI Campus, Gurd Shola, PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

4USDA-APHIS, PPQ, NIS, 10300 Baltimore Ave., BARC-W, Bldg. 004, Rm. 112, Beltsville, MD20705, U.S.A.

5USDA-APHIS, PPQ, 10300 Baltimore Ave., BARC-W, Bldg. 005, Rm. 09, Beltsville, MD20705, U.S.A.

6FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, 39 Phra Atit Road, Phranakon, Bangkok10200, Thailand

7Ministry of Agriculture, Tanzania;

8Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, P.O. Box 14733-00800, Nairobi, Kenya

9IPM Innovation Lab, Virginia Tech, 526 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA24061, U.S.A.

*Email: rmuni@vt.edu (corresponding author)

Abstract

Surveys of fall army worm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), in the maize fields in Kenya, Tanzania, and Nepal revealed the occurrence of egg parasitoids, Trichogramma mwanzai in Tanzania, Trichogramma chilonis in Kenya and Nepal, and Telenomus remus in Kenya, Nepal and Tanzania.

Keywords

Spodoptera frugiperda, Parasitoids, Field surveys, Egg parasitism, Telenomus remus, Trichogramma mwanzei, T. chilonis, Distribution, Mass culture, MtCO1, 28S rDNA, GenBank accessions, Biological control