Assessing time of release of H. hebetor after first sight of eggs of MHM

This experiment was carried out in a total of 27 villages in the Tahoua region in three successive seasons in 2015, 2016, and 2017 with a different set of nine villages for each season. Each year the selected nine villages were divided into three groups and assigned to one of the following treatments: 1) Three villages that were each supplied with 15 parasitoid bags four weeks after first sight of MHM eggs; 2) Three villages that were each supplied with 15 parasitoid bags six weeks after first sight of MHM eggs; and 3) Three “control villages” that did not receive any parasitoids.