Sustainable Management of Invasive Pests in Africa, 1st ed. 2020
Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection Series, Vol. 14

Invasive species, generally, affect economically important crops, thus affecting the livelihoods of millions of people along crop value chains. Typically, invasive species have high migratory capabilities and, because of plant material exchanges made during trade, they cannot be contained by one country. Usually, African countries react after a pest has invaded and established itself in the country, making the cost of mitigating the pest even more expensive. This book presents a pan-African view of the impacts of invasive insect pests on agriculture and of how invasive species impact on productivity in Africa. It not only describes their importance, but also presents a diversity of research findings in the field, ranging from the use of early warning and monitoring systems for quarantine purposes, agricultural extension, all the way to control strategies. The IPM arsenal presented in this book includes the use of botanical bioactive compounds, semiochemicals, resistant varieties, biological control agents such as entomopathogens, endophytes, predators, and natural enemies. Aspects of technology transfer strategies, regional coordination, and farmers? perceptions have not been overlooked, because these affect the adoption of mitigation strategies. The book also presents measures that would help agricultural research services to estimate the damage and take actions for preparedness and readiness to face invasive insect pests. This starts with a basic knowledge of taxonomy to enable concerned persons to describe the insects and the vast inventory of affected crops. Physiological and ecological aspects of invasive pests are strongly highlighted to strengthen Integrated Pest Management Strategies.

The threat of invasive species will remain permanent; therefore, the book encourages knowledge exchange and collaboration between researchers and scientists on the continent, while encouraging the establishment of a platform or a fund for preparedness and rapid response.

1. Agriculture and Impact of Invasive Species to Productivity in Africa.- 2. Bioassay-Guided Isolation of Active Phytochemicals Against Tuta Absoluta (Meyrick) from Turraea Floribunda and Caesalpinia Welwitschiana.- 3. Tuta Absoluta (Meyrick): Seasonal Abundance and Susceptibility of some Tomato Genotypes in Gezira State, Sudan.- 4. Evaluation of Resistance and Toxicity of different Insecticides on Tuta absoluta Meyrick Populations in Major Tomato Growing States of Nigeria .- 5. The First Effort at Adopting Integrated Pest Management IPM to Contain the Infestation of the Tuta Absoluta in Nigeria .- 6. New Record of Tuta Absoluta on Cowpea Vigna Unguiculata, Gezira State, Sudan.- 7. Efficacy of a Sudanese Strain of Entomopathogenic Fungus, Metarhizium Anisopliae Met. Sorokin on Puparia of Bactrocera Dorsalis Hendel, under Laboratory Conditions.- 8. Taxonomic keys to Economic Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Sudan.- 9. Injury and Yield Losses due to the Maize Stem Borer Busseola Fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Smallholder farms. .- 10. Establishment of an Exotic Parasitoid Cotesia vestalis in Coastal Areas of Kenya as Biological Control Agent of Plutella Xylostella.- 11. Enhancing Monitoring Efficiency and Management of Vectors of Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease in Kenya.- 12. Outbreak of fall Armyworm (Spodoptera Frugiperda) and its Impact in Rwanda Agriculture Production.- 13. Farmers’ Perceptions and Preferences on Pesticide use in the Management of Fall armyworm in Rwanda.- 14. Chronological Review of Fruit Fly Research and Management Practices in Sudan.- 15. Integrated Pest Management for Control the Date Palm Green Pit Scale Insect Palmapsis Phoenicis Ra (Homoptera: Asterolecaniidae) in Sudan.- 16. Use of Para-Pheromone Methyl Eugenol for Suppression of the Mango Fruit Fly, Bactrocera Dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera:Tephritidae) in Southern Ethiopia.- 17. Sudan Thematic Implementation Plan for the Management of Invasive Red Palm Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus  Ferrugineus (Olivier) .- 18. Management of Pests of Quarantine Importance in Ghana’s Export Vegetables (Chili, Eggplant and Ridged Gourds) .- 19. The Role of Plantwise in Improving Detection and Action on Pest Situations .- 20. Semiochemical-Baited Autodissemination Device for Managing BFT on Cowpea .- 21. Influence of Predatory Mites, Phytoseiulus Longipes Evans. on the Within-Plant Diurnal Migration and Distribution of the Red Spider Mite, Tetranychus Evansi, Baker and Pritchard on African Nightshade, Solanum Scabrum.- 22. Effects and Persistence of Endophytic Beauveria Bassiana in Tomato Varieties on Mite Density Tetranychus Evansi in the Screenhouse.- 23. Flight Behaviour and Activity Time of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) Males Trapped on Tomato and Miscellaneous Crops, Gezira State, Sudan.

Saliou Niassy is a Senegalese national. He holds an MSc degree in Natural Sciences, a Postgraduate degree in Zoology from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar (UCAD), and a PhD in Zoology from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Kenya, through the ARPPIS-DAAD-icipe programme (2008–2011). Saliou joined the University of Pretoria in 2011, as a Postdoctoral Fellow, to coordinate the Research Network on Climate Change in African Mountains, AfroMont, funded by the FAO and the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI). After establishing the AfroMont Network successfully, Saliou took up a second Postdoctoral Fellowship at the International Centre of Insect Physiology, icipe, in Nairobi, under an African Union-funded project on Grain legumes in 2013. In late 2014, Saliou was appointed a Research Scientist, Head of the Technology Transfer Unit, under an IFAD funded project, operating in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Rwanda.

Saliou served as the Coordinator of the Land Matrix Initiative, one of the most prominent global and independent land monitoring initiatives in the world, analysing competition on Large-Scale Land Investments between September 2015 and June 2017.

Saliou has now re-joined icipe as Head of the Technology Transfer Unit (ATTU), as cross-cutting for the centre. Saliou is a pan-Africanist, and he has trained in and is working in Africa. His research interests encompass agriculture and rural development, food security, and poverty alleviation. Currently, Saliou is the President of the African Association of Insect Scientists (AAIS), a position held since 2013. Saliou speaks French, English, Wolof and Diola fluently, and a little bit of Swahili and German. 

Sunday Ekesi is the Director of Research and Partnerships at icipe. He is a scientist, research leader and manager with extensive knowledge and experience in sustainable agriculture, which includes microbial control, biological contr