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Field Application of Carbosulfan for the Protection of Eucalypt Transplants from Termite Attack
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: R. Mazodze --- , ZIMBABWEThree trials were set up to test five different field application rates of 10% carbosulfan to protect eucalypt transplants from termite attack. A standard nursery treatment was also included in the trials. -
Evaluation of chemical control measures for termites in maize
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: H.F. Riekert --- , South Africa J. Van den Berg --- ,Field trails were conducted from the 1994/95 to 2000/2001 growing seasons to evaluate various insecticides for preventative and corrective control of the fungus-growing termites, Microtermes sp., Odontotermes sp. and Allodontermes sp. in maize. The incidence of lodged maize plants was... -
Evaluation of maize cultivars and rotation crops for resistance to damage by fungus-growing termites
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: H.F. Riekert --- , South Africa J. van den Berg --- , South AfricaThe fungus-growing termites, Microtermes spp. and Allodontermes spp. are important maize pests in sub-Saha- ran Africa. The use of sunflower and sorghum as alternate or rotation crops with maize to reduce termite infestations was evaluated in field trials in South... -
Effect of planting and harvesting dates on fungus-growing termite infestations in maize
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. van den Berg --- , South Africa H.F. Riekert --- , South AfricaFungus-growing termites (Microtermes spp. and Allodontermes spp.) damage maize roots and cause lodging. The pattern of attack, incidence of lodging, and the effect of planting and harvesting dates on damage and yield were studied in field trials over five seasons... -
Impacts of high utilisation pressure on biodiversity components in Colophospermum mopane savanna
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: MC Rutherford --- SANBI, Applied Biodiversity Research Division, South Africa LW Powrie --- SANBI, Applied Biodiversity Research Division, South Africa DI Thompson --- NRF/SAEON, South AfricaThis study aimed to quantify and evaluate the effects of heavy land utilisation, mainly grazing, on plant species richness and diversity, species abundance, vegetation structure and soil characteristics in a communal area in Colophospermum mopane dominated savanna in southern Africa... -
Comparison of nest shapes and densities of two sympatric species of Cubitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae) as clues for the study of their population dynamics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Solange Patricia Wango --- Département des sciences de la vie, Faculté des Sciences, Central African Republic Guy Josens --- Département de Biologie des Organismes, BelgiumTwo species of Cubitermes coexist in the grassy Loudetia Savanna of Bondoé, in the Central African Republic, namely C. sankurensis (Wasmann, 1911) and C. ugandensis (Fuller, 1923) Despite the obvious size difference between individuals their nests have the same general... -
Termite species richness, composition and diversity on five farms in southern Kunene region, Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: J. Zeidler --- Integrated Environmental Consultants Namibia, Namibia S. Hanrahan --- Department of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South Africa M. Scholes --- Department of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaA survey was conducted on five farms in former Damaraland, a communal farming area in arid northwestern Namibia. The aims of the survey were to establish termite inventories for each site and to investigate whether termite diversity is determined by...