Effet de la fumure en potassium sur le développement, la survie et la fécondité de sesamia calamistis hampson et de eldana saccharina walker sur maïs

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-156

  Denke, Doessan ^a   Schulthess, Fritz ^a   Bonato, Olivier ^b   Gounou, Saka ^b   Smith, Homa ^c  

^a Institut International d'Agriculture Tropicale   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Earborers; Eldana saccharina; Lepidoptera; Maize; Potassium; Sesamia calamistis; Stemborers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000978579     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400018804     Document Type: Article

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