Maruca vitrata Pheromone trapping
in West Africa

Project publications

Downham, M.C.A.,Tamò, M., Hall, D.R., Datinon, B., Dahounto, D. & Adetonah, J (2002). Development of sex pheromone traps for monitoring the legume podborer, Maruca vitrata (F.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). In: Challenges and opportunities for enhancing sustainable cowpea production.  Proceedings of the World Cowpea Conference III held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, 4 – 8 September 2000. Fatokun, C.A., Tarawali, S.A., Singh, B.B., Kormawa, P.M. and Tamò, M. (Eds.) IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Downham, M.C.A., Hall, D.R., Chamberlain, D.J., Cork, A., Farman, D.I., Tamò, M., Dahounto, D., Datinon, B. and Adetonah, S.(2003).  Minor components in the sex pheromone of legume podborer, Maruca vitrata: development of an attractive blend.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 29(4), 989-1011.

Adetonah, S., Coulibaly, O., Downham, M.C.A., Endamana, D., Adeoti, R. & Tamò, M. (2003). Farmers’ perceptions of cowpea yield losses due to M. vitrata (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Benin (West Africa). Annales des Sciences Agronomiques du Bénin 1(6): 1-20.

Rurema, D.G., Atachi, P., Tamò, M., Downham, M.C. and Datinon, B. (2003). Relation entre les infestations larvaires et les vols des adultes de Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) (Syn. : M. testulalis Geyer) (Lep : Pyralidae) dans les cultures de niébé (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) sous l’attrait des phéromones. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques du Bénin 1(6): 61-75.

Adati, T., Tamò, M., Yusuf, S.R., Downham, M.C.A., Singh, B.B. and Hammond, W. Integrated Pest Management for Cowpea-Cereal Cropping Systems in the West African Savannah.  In: “Integrated Pest and Vector Management in the Tropics: Perspective and Future Strategies.” Proceedings of the 15th Conference of the African Association of Insect Scientists and the Entomological Society of Kenya, 9-13 June 2003, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

Downham, M.C.A., M. Tamò, D.R. Hall, B. Datinon, S. Adetonah and D.I. Farman (2004). Developing pheromone traps and lures for Maruca vitrata in Benin, West Africa. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 110, 151-158. 

ADIMADO, S. & DAVISON, M. (2004). Untitled interview on botanical pesticides and pheromone traps in Ghana. WrenMedia/Agfax. Ghana. [Syndicated radio interview]. Audio available at http://www.agfax.net and http://radio.oneworld.net/article/frontpage/251/4907.

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE & CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (2005). Installing pheromone traps for Maruca vitrata [Extension poster]. 

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE & CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (2005). Using pheromone traps for Maruca vitrata [Extension poster].

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE & CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (2005). Pheromone traps for the legume podborer, Maruca vitrata: An early warning system for Maruca infestations [Extension training leaflet].