Traditional seed protectants for the control of bean bruchids

Tropical Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 80-84

  Chinwada, P ^a   Giga, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Admixtures; Bean bruchids; Damage; Insect emergence; Traditional protectants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030922037     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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