Abstract
The current phenological study in sorghum fields has shown that Busseola fusca is bivoltine in eastern Ethiopia. The first generation begins at the end of April, while early August marks the beginning of the second (Diapause) generation. The second generation passes through the dry season in stalks and stubble as diapause larvae, of which a considerable proportion survive in the stubble until the next crop. The onset of pupation of the diapause larvae is in the middle of April. A progressive increase in the mortality of the larvae of both generations is observed towards the later stages. Five hymenopterous parasitoids, Bracon sesamiae (Cameron), Cotesia (= Apanteles sensu lato) sesamiae (Cameron), Dolichogenidea (= Apanteles sensu lato) sp. near laevigatus, Pediobius furvus (Gahan) and Procerochasmias nigromaculatus (Cameron) and one dipterous parasitoid (Sarcophaga sp.), attacking larvae and pupae of B. fusca at Alemaya, eastern Ethiopia, were identified.
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