WormBase: A data management and information system for forecasting Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Eastern Africa

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Day, Roger K ^a,b   Haggis, Margaret J ^a,c   Odiyo, Peter O ^a,d   Mallya, Caspar ^a,e   Norton, Geoff A ^a,f   Mumford, John D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Intl Inst of Biological Control   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d Desert Locust Contr Organisation E   (Kenya)

^e Pest Control Services   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

armyworm; database; forecasting; information management; Spodoptera exempta

Indexed keywords

CYPERUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA EXEMPTA;

EID: 0030499125     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.1.1     Document Type: Article

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