Article, Ajoutée
le 25/02/2018 18:00
Callosobruchus maculatus and Sitophilus zeamais are major storage insect pests of cowpea, Kersting's groundnut
and maize in tropical Africa. These pests can cause post-harvest losses of up to 100% in a few months. The most
common suppression method [...]
BOKONON AIMÉ HYPPOLITE [4],
Article, Ajoutée
le 24/02/2017 09:18
Oecophylla ants are currently used for biological control in fruit plantations in Australia, Asia and Africa and for protein production in Asia. To further improve the technology and implement it on a large scale, effective and fast production of liv [...]
SINZOGAN ANTONIO ALAIN KOFFI [2],
Article, Ajoutée
le 24/02/2017 09:14
Introduction. Losses in West African commercial mango orchards due to fruit fly infestations
have exceeded 50% by the middle of the crop season since 2005, resulting in considerable income
loss for the growers. Materials and methods. In 2009, weekl [...]
SINZOGAN ANTONIO ALAIN KOFFI [2],
Article, Ajoutée
le 24/02/2017 09:08
Weaver ants (Oecophylla longinoda Latreille) are used commercially to control pest insects
and for protein production. In this respect fast colony growth is desirable for managed
colonies. Transplantation of non-nestmate pupae to incipient colonies [...]
SINZOGAN ANTONIO ALAIN KOFFI [3],
Article, Ajoutée
le 24/02/2017 09:01
Weaver ants (Oecophylla spp.) are widely used as effective biological control agents. In order to optimize their use, ant abundance needs to be tracked. As several methods have been used to estimate ant abundance on plantation trees, abundances are n [...]
SINZOGAN ANTONIO ALAIN KOFFI [3],
Article, Ajoutée
le 24/02/2017 08:56
1 In Benin cashew plantations, yields and nut quality are lost mainly as a result of insect
pests. In the present study, we investigated the effectiveness of the African weaver ant
Oecophylla longinoda as a biocontrol agent against Beninese cashew [...]
SINZOGAN ANTONIO ALAIN KOFFI [2],
Article, Ajoutée
le 24/02/2017 08:50
Oecophylla ants are appreciated for their control of pests in plantation crops. However,
the ants´ nest building may have negative impacts on trees. In this study we tested
the effect of ant densities and nest building on the leaf performance of ma [...]
SINZOGAN ANTONIO ALAIN KOFFI [2],
Article, Ajoutée
le 16/01/2017 09:42
ABSTRACT Purpose: This study assesses the effect of participatory research on farmers’ knowledge
and practice of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Benin. The participatory field experiments
were carried out during the 2011–2012 cotton growing sea [...]
TOGBE CODJO EULOGE [1],
HAAGSMA REIN [2],
AOUDJI KOSSI NOUNAGNON AUGUSTIN [3],
VODOUHE DAVO SIMPLICE [4],
Article, Ajoutée
le 13/01/2017 09:59
In the present study, the synergistic effects of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.
Vuill.) (isolate Bb11) and Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (Berliner) with neem oil were
evaluated in three agroecological zones in Be´nin. Four bioinsecticide tr [...]
TOGBE CODJO EULOGE [1],
ZANNOU BOUKARI ELISABETH TOHOUÉDÉ [2],
GBEHOUNOU GUALBERT [3],
KOSSOU KOHOUNKO DANSOU [4],
VAN HUIS ARNOLD [5],
Article, Ajoutée
le 13/01/2017 09:41
Neem oil (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) alone and combined with the entomopathogenic
fungus Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (isolate
Bb11) was applied to control cotton pests. The efficacy of these treatments
was compared with that of synthet [...]
TOGBE CODJO EULOGE [1],
HAAGSMA REIN [2],
ZANNOU BOUKARI ELISABETH TOHOUÉDÉ [3],
GBEHOUNOU GUALBERT [4],
DEGUENON JEAN MARCEL [5],
VODOUHE DAVO SIMPLICE [6],
KOSSOU KOHOUNKO DANSOU [7],
VAN HUIS ARNOLD [8],