title: Ecology of the African Maize Stalk Borer, Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with Special Reference to Insect-Plant Interactions.
abstract: Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an important pest of maize and sorghum in sub-Saharan Africa. One century after its first description by Fuller in 1901, inaccurate information based on earlier reports are still propagated on its distribution (e.g., absent from the lower altitudes in East Africa) and host plant range (e.g., feeding on a large range of wild grass species). This review provides updated information on the biology, distribution and genetics of B. fusca with emphasis on insect-plant interactions. Related to this, new avenues of stem borer management are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Institute de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UR 072, c/o ICIPE (African Insect Science for Food and Health), Nairobi 30772, Kenya. pcalatayud@icipe.org.|CNRS UPR9034, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes et Spéciation/Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay Cedex 91405, France. pcalatayud@icipe.org.
authors.forename: Paul-André
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Calatayud
authors.affiliation: Institute de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UR 072, c/o ICIPE (African Insect Science for Food and Health), Nairobi 30772, Kenya. bleru@icipe.org.|CNRS UPR9034, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes et Spéciation/Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay Cedex 91405, France. bleru@icipe.org.
authors.forename: Bruno P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Le Ru
authors.affiliation: Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa. johnnie.vandenberg@nwu.ac.za.
authors.forename: Johnnie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van den Berg
authors.affiliation: Postfach 508, Chur 7000, Switzerland. Fritz.Schulthess@googlemail.com.
authors.forename: Fritz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schulthess
keywords: Poaceae; feeding status; host preference; insect distribution; insect-plant interactions; oviposition; pest management; plant damages; wild grasses