Abs tract. Linear equations for five pearl millet varieties were established for yield losses due to damage by the millet head miner, Heliocheilus albipunctella De Joannis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), using a panicle damage rating scale. A very high positive correlation (r> 0.90; P = 0.001) was found between damage rating and percent yield loss, and also between observed and predicted yield loss. The low percent absolute deviation (% ad) and deviation ratios (dr) between observed and predicted yield loss demonstrated the reliability of the damage rating scale, and the established yield loss equations. In addition, the damage rating on farmers' fields by farmers and a team of technicians showed that the method can be used for quick on-farm assessment of yield loss by extension agents and farmers. In four farmer's fields, the estimated yield loss for the local variety (Sadore local) ranged from 11.7 to 41.9%. Implications in the use of the method in future crop loss assessment in pearl millet are presented and discussed.
Life-fertility tables were described for Bracon hebetor Say (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) developing on the millet head caterpillar (MHC),Heliocheilus albipunctella de Joannis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Mated B. hebetor females lived an average of 24.7 days, oviposited ca. 22 days, and produced 173.7 adult progeny with a 1:1 sex ratio. The estimated innate capacity of increase (r \ and net reproductive rate (R o ) were 0.26 and 86.5, respectively. The mean generation time wa.-. I days.
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