Ogwaro, K. (1978) Ovipositional behaviour and host-plant preference of the sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata (Diptera: Anthomyiidae). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 23 (2). pp. 189-199.
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Abstract
The distribution of eggs on sorghum by Atherigona soccata Rond. and host preference for oviposition were studied. The female laid her eggs more or less evenly on sorghum leaves, laying one or two eggs per leaf. Under field conditions eggs were most frequently laid on the third leaf, followed by the second leaf, while under insectary conditions the second leaf was preferred to the third. Sorghum bicolor was markedly preferred to other graminaceous plant species, Digitaria scallarum, Rottboellia exaltata, Setaria verticillata and Panicum maximum
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2012 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2012 09:30 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.1978.tb03021... |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/3975 |
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