Adult Movement and Dynamics of Clavigralla tomentosicollis (Heteroptera: Coreidae) Populations in Cowpea Fields of Benin, West Africa

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 421-426

  Dreyer, Hans ^a,b   Baumgärtner, Johann ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b Swiss College of Agriculture   (Switzerland)

^c Agricultural Bureau of the Grisons   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult movement; Clavigralla tomentosicollis; Cowpea; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLAVIGRALLA; CLAVIGRALLA TOMENTOSICOLLIS; COREIDAE; HETEROPTERA;

EID: 0000795816     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.2.421     Document Type: Article

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