@article{fdi:010042503,
  title = {{A}bundance and diversity of lepidopteran stemborers and their parasitoids on selected wild grasses in {U}ganda},
  author = {{M}atama {K}auma, {T}. and {S}chulthess, {F}. and {L}e {R}ü, {B}runo and {M}ueke, {J}. and {O}gwang, {J}. {A}. and {O}mwega, {C}. {O}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}urveys were conducted in four agroecological zones in {U}ganda to catalogue wild host plants of lepidopteran stemborers. {A}mong those sampled, {P}anicum maximum, {P}ennisetum purpureum, {P}ennisetum polystachion and {S}orghum arundinaceum were selected for further studies on stemborer diversity and density. {O}verall, stemborer incidence was low (< 10.8%) with the highest infestations on {S}. arundinaceum. {A}mong the 11 borer species identified, there were seven noctuids, two crambids, one pyralid and one unidentified cossid. {T}he economically important crambid {C}hilo partellus and the noctuid {B}usseola fusca were mostly found on {S}. arundinaceum and were rare on the other three grass species. {B}raconid larval parasitoids were commonly obtained from {C} partellus on {S}. arundinaceum and parasitoids of {S}esamia spp. were most often found on {P}. purpureum. {W}e concluded that in {U}ganda, with the exception of {S}. arundinaceum, wild grasses play a minor role in the seasonal persistence of {C} partellus and {B}. jusca.},
  keywords = {stemborers ; diversity ; wild host plants ; infestation ; parasitism},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}rop {P}rotection},
  volume = {27},
  numero = {3-5},
  pages = {505--513},
  ISSN = {0261-2194},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.cropro.2007.08.003},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042503},
}