Resistance of sesbania accessions to mesoplatys ochroptera stål (coleopterai chrysomelidae)

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-153

  Sileshi, G ^a   Ogol, C K P O ^a   Sithanantham, S ^a,d   Rao, M R ^b   Baumgartner J ^b   Maghembe, J A ^c   Mafongoya, P L ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d Zambia ICRAF Agroforestry Project   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Antibiosis; Antixenosis; Mesoplatys ochroptera; Resistance; Sesbania spp; Zambia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012467726     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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