Prevalence and performance of egg parasitoids of Fall armyworm in diverse agroecologies of Kenya

Field survey was carried out in five counties (Kilifi, Kwale, Taita Taveta, Makueni and Kirinyaga) located in different agroecological zones to collect the egg parasitoids of fall armyworm in Kenya. Eggs were incubated in the laboratory for parasitoid emergence and determine their percent parasitism.Morphological identification of the parasitoids was done based on the antennae, genitalia and other discriminating characters while molecular characterization was carriedout using primers targeting the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 (CO1) barcode gene region. Subsequently, parasitoids performance on FAW egg density was assessed under laboratory conditions.

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Field Value
Name of principal investigator Subramanian Sevgan
Email of principle investigator Subramanian Sevgan
Collaborators
  • Collaborators: Samira A. Mohamed
  • Collaborators: Fathiya Khamis
  • Collaborators: Andrew Polaszek
  • Collaborators: Felister Mbute Nzuve
  • Collaborators: Robert S. Copeland
  • Collaborators: John H. Nderitu
Donor/funding agency European Union (through fund for the project “Integrated pest management strategy to counter the threat of invasive fall armyworm to food security and Eastern Africa (FAW-IPM)”, FOOD/2018402-634, Bioinnovate Africa Phase I (BA/CI/2017-02/PROSAFE), Post doc grant (RU/2018/Post Doc/18) from Regional Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
Start date of project 2018-09-01
End date of project 2021-09-30
Region East Africa
Country(ies)
  • Country: Kenya
Administrative area(s) Kilifi, Kwale, Taita Taveta,Makueni and Kirinyaga counties
Name of contact person Mercy Jemutai Kibii
Email of contact person mkibii@icipe.org
Date uploaded 2022-03-27
Maintainer Kennedy Senagi
Email of maintainer ksenagi@icipe.org
Citation narrative Kibii M., Mohamed S.A, Khamis F., Polaszek A., Nzuve F. M., Nderitu J.H., Copeland R.S., Subramanian S. (2022). Prevalence and performance of egg parasitoids of Fall armyworm in diverse agroecologies of Kenya. PloS one.
Is this third party data? No - This is not third party data, and I consent to archive it
Acknowledgement statement We thank the technical team at icipe; Mr. Levi Ombura and Miss Maureen Ong’onge (molecular work), Mr. Peter Malusi (field survey), Mr Kentosse Ouma (field survey) and Miss Catherine Awuoche (FAW colony).The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support for this research by the following organizations and agencies: The European Union (through fund for the project “Integrated pest management strategy to counter the threat of invasive fall armyworm to food security and Eastern Africa (FAW-IPM)”), FOOD/2018402-634, Bioinnovate Africa Phase I (BA/CI/2017-02/PROSAFE), Post doc grant (RU/2018/Post Doc/18) from Regional Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM); the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida); the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; and the Government of the Republic of Kenya. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the donors.