Exchange of natural enemies of lepidofteran cereal stemborers between african regions

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-108

  Schulthess, F ^a   Bosque Perez N A ^b   Chabi Olaye, A ^c   Gounou, S ^a   Ndemah, R ^b   Goergen, G ^c  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA   (Benin)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c Institut de la Recherche Agronomique   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cereal stemborers; Cotesia sesamiae; Distribution in africa; Host plant range; Parasitoid redistribution; Telenomus spp

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002923440     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400022219     Document Type: Article

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