Screening of african rice, oryza glaberrima steud, for resistance to the african rice gall midge orseolia oryzivora harris and gagné

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-170

  Ukwungwu, M N ^a,b   Williams, C T ^a   Okhidievbie, O ^b  

^a National Cereals Reserach Institute Niger   (Nigeria)

^b AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

African rice gall midge; Nigeria; Orseolia oryzivora; Oryza glaberrima; Resistance screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004622775     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400007827     Document Type: Article

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