Evaluation of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) varieties for use as trap plants for the management of African stemborer (Busseola fusca) in a push–pull strategy

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Secondary plants used in biological control: A review (2012, background): “As a side benefit, the repellent and trap plants were valuable forage for farm animals (Khan et al. 2007).”
Farmers’ perceptions of a ‘push–pull’ technology for control of cereal stemborers and Striga weed in western Kenya (2008, background): “…trap crop due to a range of factors including poor nutrient composition of Napier grass, production of sticky sap that entangles and kills the larvae and abundant natural enemies associated with the grass (Khan and Pickett, 2004; Khan et al., 2006b, 2007; Midega et al., 2006; Van den Berg, 2006).”
Opportunities for Napier Grass ( Pennisetum purpureum ) Improvement Using Molecular Genetics (2017, unknown): “In crop land management systems, it is used as a mulch to control weed infestation and soil erosion [2] and as a trap plant in the push–pull strategy, a pest management practice which uses repellent intercrop ‘push’ plants and attractant trap ‘pull’ plants [23] for insect pest control in Africa, par”
Chemical ecology and conservation biological control (2008, background): “These trap plants also have inherent ability of not allowing development of trapped stemborers (Khan et al., 2006, 2007).”