Intraspecific competition in larvae of the larger grain borer, prostephanustruncatus (horn) within maize grains

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-175

  Vowotor, Kwame A ^a   Meikle, Wllliam G ^b   Ayertey, Jonathan N ^c  

^a Food Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Insect development; Intraspecific competition; Maize; Prosteplmntis tnincnttis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003191295     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400023365     Document Type: Article

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