Release of cotesia flavipes cameron for biological control of cereal stemborers in two ecological zones in mozambique

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 303-310

  Cugala, D ^a   Overholt, W A ^b   Santos, L ^a   Giga, D ^c  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Biological control; Colesia spp; Establishment; Mozambique; Parasitoids; Stemborers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013337551     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742758400008390     Document Type: Article

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