Andrew Kalyebi

Development of the Parasitoid Fly Drino inconspicuoides (Diptera: Tachinidae) in the Host Mythimna separata: Effect of Temperature and Clutch Size

Andrew Kalyebi & S. Nakamura · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2014

The development of the tachinid fly, Drino inconspicuoides, a polyphagous and gregarious ovolarviparous parasitoid of lepidopteran larvae was investigated in the laboratory, under different regimes of temperature and varying clutch sizes, using the host, Mythimna separata. The ob...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2014/8522

Parasitization of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by four Indigenous Trichogrammatid Species/Strains in a Mixed Cropping System of Tomato and Okra

Andrew Kalyebi, S. Hassan, S. Sithanantham & J. M. Mueke · Advances in Research · 2014

Aims: Egg parasitoids, Trichogramma are recognised as natural enemies of many lepidoptera pests worldwide. In Kenya, a number of indigenous parasitoids species have been recovered. We evaluated the relative preference (parasitism) by four Trichogrammatid egg parasitoid species/st...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2014/8377