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Telenomus Remus, a candidate parasitoid for the biological control of Spodoptera Frugiperda in Africa, is already present on the continent

dc.contributor.authorKenis, M.
dc.contributor.authorPlessis, H. du
dc.contributor.authorBerg, J. van den
dc.contributor.authorBa, Malick N.
dc.contributor.authorGoergen, Georg E.
dc.contributor.authorKwadjo, K.E.
dc.contributor.authorBaoua, I.
dc.contributor.authorTefera, T.
dc.contributor.authorBuddie, A.
dc.contributor.authorCafa, G.
dc.contributor.authorOfford, L.
dc.contributor.authorRwomushana, I.
dc.contributor.authorPolaszek, A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:33:11Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:33:11Z
dc.date.issued2019-03-29
dc.identifier.citationKenis, M., du Plessis, H., Van den Berg, J., Ba, M.N., Goergen, G., Kwadjo, K.E., ... & Polaszek, A. (2019). Telenomus Remus, a candidate parasitoid for the biological control of Spodoptera Frugiperda in Africa, is already present on the continent. Insects, 10(4):92, 1-10.
dc.identifier.issn2075-4450
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/5548
dc.descriptionOpen Access Journal
dc.description.abstractThe fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, a moth originating from tropical and subtropical America, has recently become a serious pest of cereals in sub-Saharan Africa. Biological control offers an economically and environmentally safer alternative to synthetic insecticides that are being used for the management of this pest. Consequently, various biological control options are being considered, including the introduction of Telenomus remus, the main egg parasitoid of S. frugiperda in the Americas, where it is already used in augmentative biological control programmes. During surveys in South, West, and East Africa, parasitized egg masses of S. frugiperda were collected, and the emerged parasitoids were identified through morphological observations and molecular analyses as T. remus. The presence of T. remus in Africa in at least five countries provides a great opportunity to develop augmentative biological control methods and register the parasitoid against S. frugiperda. Surveys should be carried out throughout Africa to assess the present distribution of T. remus on the continent, and the parasitoid could be re-distributed in the regions where it is absent, following national and international regulations. Classical biological control should focus on the importation of larval parasitoids from the Americas.
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment for International Development, United Kingdom
dc.description.sponsorshipDirectorate-General for International Cooperation, the Netherlands
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.format.extent1-10
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0
dc.subjectBiological Control
dc.subjectEgg
dc.subjectParasitism
dc.subjectInvasive Species
dc.subjectMaize
dc.subjectSpodoptera Frugiperda
dc.subjectTelenomus
dc.titleTelenomus Remus, a candidate parasitoid for the biological control of Spodoptera Frugiperda in Africa, is already present on the continent
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationCentre for Agriculture and Bioscience
cg.contributor.affiliationNorth-West University
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité d'Abobo-Adjamé
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity Dan Dicko Dankoulodo de Maradi
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
cg.contributor.affiliationNatural History Museum
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryBenin
cg.coverage.countryCote D'Ivoire
cg.coverage.countryNiger
cg.coverage.countrySouth Africa
cg.creator.identifierGeorg Goergen: 0000-0003-4496-0495
cg.researchthemePLANT PRODUCTION & HEALTH
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.iitasubjectPlant Health
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.journalInsects
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid104559
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10040092


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