Development of pheromone traps for control and monitoring of sweetpotato weevils, Cylas puncticollis and C. brunneus, in Uganda

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-104

  Smit, N E J M ^a   Downham, M C A ^b   Odongo, B ^c   Hall, D R ^b   Laboke, P O ^c  

^a International Potato Center CIP   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c Namulonge Agricultural and Animal Production Research Institute Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Apionidae; Coleoptera; Cylas brunneus; Cylas puncticollis; Pheromone; Pheromone trap; Sweetpotato weevil

Indexed keywords

PEST CONTROL; PHEROMONE TRAP; SWEET-POTATO WEEVIL; TRAPPING;

UGANDA;

APIONIDAE; BRENTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYLAS; CYLAS BRUNNEUS; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; CYLAS PUNCTICOLLIS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030696313     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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