Browsing by Author "Gitonga, Linus M."
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Article Navigation JOURNAL ARTICLE Evidence for Potential of Managing Some African Fruit Fly Species (Diptera: Tephritidae) Using the Mango Fruit Fly Host-Marking Pheromone
Kachigamba, Donald L.; Ekesi, Sunday; Ndung'u, Mary W.; Gitonga, Linus M.; Teal, Peter E. A.; Torto, Baldwyn (Entomological Society of America, 2012-12-01)We investigated conspecific and heterospecific oviposition host discrimination among four economically important fruit fly pests of mango in Africa (Ceratitis capitata, Wiedemann; C. fasciventris, Bezzi; C. rosa, Karsch, ... -
Functional response of Orius albidipennis (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) to Megalurothrips sjostedti (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
Gitonga, Linus M.; overhalt, W.A.; Löhr, B.; Magambo, J. K.; Mueke, J. M. (Karatina University, 2002-05-02)A locally available anthocorid predator, Orius albidipennis Reuter, was evaluated as a candidate biocontrol agent for Megalurothrips sjostedti Trybom, a major pest of French beans, Phaseolus vulgaris (L), in Kenya. The ...