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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Effect of plant nitrogen and silica on the bionomics of Sesamia calamistis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Bulletin of Entomological Research, Volume 83, No. 3, Year 1993
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The effects of nitrogen and silica application to maize plants on various aspects of the bionomics of the maize stem borer, Sesamia calamistis Hampson, were studied in the laboratory. Increasing nitrogen doses significantly increased larval survival (from 18.7% (control) to 37.3% at 2.25 g N/plant), larval weight (from 49.0 mg (control) to 99.5 mg at 2.25 g N/plant), and female fecundity (from 77 eggs per female (control) to 365 eggs per female at 1.69 g N/plant). A significant, positive relationship was found between moth fecundity and female pupal weight. Nitrogen had no effect on larval and pupal developmental time but increased adult longevity. Intrinsic rate of increase, rm, and the net reproductive rate, Ro, were positively related to leaf and stem nitrogen, while generation time, G, was negatively related. Silica had the opposite effect from nitrogen on larval survival. Increasing silica supply reduced ultimate larval survival from 26.0% (control) to 4.0% at 0.56 g Si/plant. Immature developmental time, larval and pupal weight, pupal survival, female fecundity, egg viability and adult longevity of S. calamistis were not affected by silica application. © 1993, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sètamou, Mamoudou F.
Benin, Cotonou
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Contonou
Schulthess, Fritz
Benin, Cotonou
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Contonou
Bosque-Pérez, Nilsa A.
Nigeria, Ibadan
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Thomas-Odjo, A.
Benin, Cotonou
University of Abomey-calavi
Statistics
Citations: 110
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S000748530002931X
ISSN:
00074853
Research Areas
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Participants Gender
Female