Relationships of soil fertility and stem borers damage to yield in maize-based cropping system in Cameroon

References

• Adesiyun , A.A. 1979 . Effects of intercrop on frit fly, Oscinella frit, oviposition and larval survival on oats . Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata , 24 : 204 – 766 .
   Google Scholar
• Almy , S.W. , Besong , M.T. and Bakia , B. 1990 . Food prices in Southwest province. Two years report. 1988–90 , Cameroon : Testing and Liaison Unit (TLU), National Cereals Reasearch and Extension (NCRE) project, Institute of agronomic Research, PMB 25 Buea, S.W.P. .
   Google Scholar
• Bonato , O. , Schulthess , F. and Baumgärtner , J. 1999 . Simulation model for maize crop growth based on acquisition and allocation processes for carbohydrate and nitrogen . Ecological Modelling , 124 : 11 – 28 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cadisch , G. , Sylvester-Bradley , R. and Nosberger , J. 1989 . 15N-based estimation of nitrogen fixation by eight tropical forage-legumes at two levels of P: K supply . Field Crops Research , 22 : 181 – 194 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chabi-Olaye , A. , Borgemeister , C. , Nolte , C. , Schulthess , F. , Gounou , S. , Ndemah , R. and Sétamou , M. Role of habitat management technologies in the control of cereal stem and cob borers in sub-saharan Africa . 2nd International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods (ISBCA) . Davos , Switzerland. Presented at
   Google Scholar
• Chabi-Olaye , A. , Nolte , C. , Schulthess , F. and Borgemeister , C. 2005b . Abundance, dispersion and parasitism of the noctuid stem borer Busseola fusca (Fuller) in maize in the humid forest zone of southern Cameroon . Bulletin of Entomological Research , 95 : 169 – 177 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chabi-Olaye , A. , Nolte , C. , Schulthess , F. and Borgemeister , C. 2005c . Effects of grain legumes and cover crops on maize yield and plant damage by Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the humid forest of southern . Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment , 108 : 17 – 28 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chabi-Olaye , A. , Nolte , C. , Schulthess , F. and Borgemeister , C. 2005d . Relationships of intercropped maize, stem borer damage to maize yield and land-use efficiency in the humid forest of Cameroon . Bulletin of Entomological Research , 95 : 417 – 427 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chabi-Olaye , A. , Nolte , C. , Schulthess , F. and Borgemeister , C. 2006 . The role of inland valleys in the invasion of upland maize fields by stem borers and their natural enemies in the humid forest zone of Cameroon . Environmental Entomology , 35 ( 2 ) : 282 – 292 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Enyong , L.A. 1990 . Maize and groundnuts post harvest practices in the Centre province of Cameroon , NCRE Annual Report
   Google Scholar
• Mgoo , V.H. , Makundi , R. H. , Pallangyo , B. , Schulthess , F. , Nanqing , J. and Omwega , C.O. 2006 . Yield loss due to the stemborer Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) at different nitrogen application rates to maize . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France , 42 ( 3–4 ) : 487 – 494 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ndemah , R. , Schulthess , F. , Poehling , H.-M. and Borgemeister , C. 2000 . Species composition and seasonal dynamics of lepidopterous stem borers on maize and elephant, Pennisetum purpureum (Moench) (Poaceae), at two forest margin sites in Cameroon . African Entomology , 8 : 265 – 272 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ndemah , R. , Schulthess , F. , Korie , S. , Borgemeister , C. , Poehling , H-M. and Cardwell , K.F. 2003 . Factors affecting infestations of the stalk borer Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on maize in the forest zone of Cameroon with special reference to Scelionid egg parasitoids . Environmental Entomology , 32 : 51 – 60 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Root , R.B. 1973 . Organisation of a plant-arthropod association in simple and diverse habitats: the fauna of collards (Brassica oleracea) . Ecological Monographs , 43 : 95 – 124 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• 1997 . “ SAS Institute ” . In SAS/STAT Software: Changes and Enhancements, Through Release 6.12 , North Carolina , , USA : SAS Institute .
   Google Scholar
• Schulthess , F. , Chabi-Olaye , A. and Gounou , S. 2004 . Multi-trophic level interactions in a cassava –maize mixed cropping system in the humid tropics of West Africa . Bulletin of Entomological Research , 94 : 261 – 272 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tian , G. , Kolawole , G.O. , Salako , F.K. and Kang , B.T. 1999 . An improved cover-crop fallow system for sustainable management of low activity clay soils of the tropics . Soil Science , 164 : 671 – 682 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vandermeer , J. 1989 . The ecology of intercropping , 237 Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar