Banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), infestations of cooking- and beer-bananas in adjacent plantations in Uganda

African Entomology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-108

  Gold, C S ^a   Bagabe, M I ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b ISAR   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

banana weevil; Cosmopolites sordidus; highland bananas; Kibuzi; Kisubi; Musa

Indexed keywords

COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS;

EID: 0031028539     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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