Development, morphometrics and other biological characteristics of the whitefly bemisia tabaci (GENNADIUS) on cassava

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 251-258

  Thompson, Winston Mark Obed ^a  

^a National Agricultural Research Institute Mon Repos   (Guyana)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; Biological'characteristics; Cassava; Development; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009624718     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400015605     Document Type: Article

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