Factors affecting larval survivorship and development rate of teketriosoma nigrescens lewis

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-58

  Oussou, Richard D ^a   Meikle, W G ^a   Markham, R H ^a  

^a Health Management Division   (Benin)

Author keywords

Biological control; Predator; Prey ratio; Prostephanus truncatus; Sitophilus zeamais; Teretriosoma nigrescens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003334042     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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