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Insect (Salebria sp.) infestation and impact on Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn. fruit production in agroforestry parklands

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Vitellariaparadoxa, known as Shea tree or karité, is one of the dominant trees of agroforestry parklands in Sahelian region with an immense commercial value. In this study, we examined infestation of fruit-bearing shoots and fruits on two sites in western Burkina Faso across different reproductive phenophases, crown heights and aspects. The number of infested and healthy shoots and fruits were counted on 60 reproductively active trees randomly selected from on-year shea trees in each site, using a metal frame (0.5 × 0.5 m) to mark a fixed area of the canopy for sampling. The shoot and fruit borer was identified as Salebria sp. (Lepidoptera:Pyralidae), which was not reported earlier. The proportion of infested trees and shoots varied significantly between sites and among reproductive phenophases (P < 0.0001). The site close to the natural forest had the highest infestation rate than distantly located site. Among reproductive phenophases, the proportions of infested trees and shoots were the highest during flowering and fruit set, respectively. Fruit infestation also varied significantly between sites, crown heights and aspects (P < 0.001). The site close to the natural forest and the crown with north-east aspect were heavily infested while the bottom part of the crown had the lowest infestation. As a whole, 49–80% of trees, 24–31% of shoots and 4–15% of fruits were found infested, depending on the site. These infestation levels combined with precocious flower and fruit abscissions would pose serious economic losses that justify a call for immediate pest control initiatives.

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The authors express their gratitude to Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) for financially supporting the study. Dr. G. Georgen (IITA, Benin) and Dr. M. Shaffer (NHM, London, UK) are acknowledged for identifying insect specimens.

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  1. Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, 01 BP: 910, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso

    N. Lamien & R. Dabiré

  2. Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Tropical Silviculture and Seed Science Group, SLU, Umea, 901 83, Sweden

    M. Tigabu & P. C. Oden

  3. Laboratoire de Biologie et Ecologie Végétales/UFR-SVT, Université de Ouagadougou, 03 BP: 7021, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso

    N. Lamien & S. Guinko

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Lamien, N., Tigabu, M., Dabiré, R. et al. Insect (Salebria sp.) infestation and impact on Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn. fruit production in agroforestry parklands. Agroforest Syst 72, 15–22 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-007-9094-1

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