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Termite-induced injuries to maize and baby corn under organic and conventional farming systems in the Central Highlands of Kenya

dc.contributor.authorAnyango, J.J.
dc.contributor.authorBautze, D.
dc.contributor.authorFiaboe, K.K.
dc.contributor.authorLagat, Z.O.
dc.contributor.authorMuriuki, A.W.
dc.contributor.authorStöckli, S.
dc.contributor.authorOnyambu, G.K.
dc.contributor.authorMusyoka, M.W.
dc.contributor.authorKaranja, E.N.
dc.contributor.authorAdamtey, N.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:39:08Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:39:08Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationAnyango, J.J., Bautze, D., Fiaboe, K.K., Lagat, Z.O., Muriuki, A.W., Stöckli, S., ... & Adamtey, N. (2019). Termite-induced injuries to maize and baby corn under organic and conventional farming systems in the central highlands of Kenya. Insects, 10(10), 367-376.
dc.identifier.issn2075-4450
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/6543
dc.descriptionOpen Access Journal; Published online: 22 Oct 2019
dc.description.abstractTermite-induced injuries to maize and baby corn were evaluated in on-going comparison experiments on organic and conventional farming systems at two trial sites in the Central Highlands of Kenya (Chuka and Thika). The farming systems were established in 2007 at two input levels: Low input level, representing subsistence farming (Conv-Low, Org-Low) and high input level, representing commercial farming (Conv-High, Org-High). Termite-induced injuries to maize and baby corn, such as tunneling the stem or lodging the whole plant were assessed over two cropping seasons. The lodging occurred exclusively at Thika. It first became apparent in the Org-Low system, with most of lodging occurring during the vegetative stage. Baby corn grown under high input systems showed increasing lodging from the late vegetative crop stage and peaked before the final harvest. Tunneling was recorded at both sites, but was generally below 5%, with no significant differences between the farming systems. Overall, the injury patterns caused by termites appear to be a function of the plant growth stage, termite colony activities, trial site, and the types and levels of fertilizer input. Thus, the management practice used in each farming system (organic or conventional) might have greater influence on crop injuries than the type of farming system itself or the termite abundance within each system.
dc.description.sponsorshipBiovision Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipCoop Sustainability Funds
dc.description.sponsorshipLiechtenstein Development Service
dc.description.sponsorshipSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
dc.format.extent367-376
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0
dc.subjectIsoptera
dc.subjectMaize
dc.subjectFarming Systems
dc.subjectFarming
dc.subjectEast Africa
dc.subjectTermites
dc.titleTermite-induced injuries to maize and baby corn under organic and conventional farming systems in the Central Highlands of Kenya
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
cg.contributor.affiliationKenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization
cg.contributor.affiliationResearch Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Switzerland
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationJomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.creator.identifierNancy Karanja: 0000-0001-9602-8275
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.iitasubjectPests Of Plants
cg.iitasubjectPlant Health
cg.journalInsects
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid109928
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10100367


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