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Effect of intercrops on thrips species composition and population abundance on French beans in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorNyasani, J.O
dc.contributor.authorMeyhöfer. R.
dc.contributor.authorSubramanian, S.
dc.contributor.authorPoehling, H.-M.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-28T13:03:04Z
dc.date.issued2011-12-12
dc.descriptionArticle
dc.description.abstractThe study aimed at determining thrips species composition and thrips population density on French bean planted as a sole crop and as an intercrop with either sunflower, Irish potato, or baby corn, in various combinations. Field experiments were conducted in two seasons to examine: (1) thrips population development and thrips species composition over time, (2) effect of intercrops on thrips population density and natural enemies, and (3) effect of intercrops on French bean yield. The experiments were conducted at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Embu, Kenya in a randomized complete block design with four replicates. The thrips population on French beans increased with time. It showed a peak at the flowering stage then started declining when the crops were nearing senescence. French beans hosted four thrips species, Megalurothrips sjostedti (Trybom), Frankliniella schultzei (Trybom), Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), and Hydatothrips aldolfifriderici (Karny) (all Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in order of decreasing abundance. The main thrips species on Irish potato and sunflower was F. schultzei. Baby corn hosted only Frankliniella williamsi (Hood) and Thrips pusillus (Bagnall). A monocrop of French bean hosted more thrips than a French bean intercrop mix. Thrips natural enemies such as Orius spp. and Ceranisus spp. were recorded in all crop plants but in especially high numbers on French bean and baby corn, respectively. Plots with French bean alone had about 1.4 times higher yields compared to intercropped plots of French bean with sunflower and French bean with baby corn. However, the percentage of pods that could get rejected on the market due to thrips damage was highest on plots with French bean alone (68 and 63%) and lowest on plots with French bean and baby corn (35 and 37%) in the first and second seasons, respectively. This study showed that a complex of thrips is found in the field and its composition varies with crop stage and species. Intercropping French bean with other crops compromises on French bean yield but reduces damage to the French bean pods, thereby enhancing marketable yield.
dc.description.sponsorshipFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, through GIZ
dc.identifier.citationNyasani, J. O., Meyhöfer, R., Subramanian, S., & Poehling, H. M. (2012). Effect of intercrops on thrips species composition and population abundance on French beans in Kenya. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 142(3), 236-246.
dc.identifier.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01217.x
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.nrf.go.ke/handle/123456789/1023
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectFrankliniella occidentalis
dc.subjectFrankliniella schultzei
dc.subjectHydatothrips aldolfifriderici
dc.subjectMegalurothrips sjostedti
dc.subjectintercropping
dc.subjectThysanoptera
dc.subjectThripidae
dc.subjectFabaceae
dc.subjectPhaseolus vulgaris
dc.subjectnatural enemies
dc.subjectassociational resistance
dc.titleEffect of intercrops on thrips species composition and population abundance on French beans in Kenya
dc.typeArticle
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