Succession of Vegetation after Suppression of Parthenium Weed by Zygogramma bicolorata in Bangalore, India

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 303-309

  Jayanth, K P ^a   Ganga Visalakshy, P N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; WEED CONTROL;

INDIA, BANGALORE;

ASTERACEAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; ZYGOGRAMMA BICOLORATA;

EID: 0029661288     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.1996.9754753     Document Type: Article

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