January 2021

Effects of harvesting date on the level of initial infestation and damages caused by insect pests on the seeds of Acacia macrostachya Reichenb. ex DC., in the district of Boulkiemde in Burkina Faso

The seeds of A. macrostachya are increasingly consumed by the Burkinabe population, especially during customary and religious ceremonies. However, these seeds are rapidly degraded after harvest by insect pests, when no control method is undertaken. This study was therefore conducted to determine the level of initial infestation and damage caused by insect pests. The harvest of dry pods on 30 trees of Saria's...

Author(s): Marcellin Yamkoulga, Antoine Waongo, Mayouré Edith Ilboudo, Fousséni Traoré, Zakaria Ilboudo, Mumuni Abudulai and Antoine Sanon