Survival and mortality of grasshopper egg pods in semi-arid cereal cropping areas of northern Benin

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 451-459

  Shah, P A ^a,b   Godonou, I ^b   Gbongboui, C ^b   Hossou, A ^c   Lomer, C J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^c Serv Protect des Vegetaux   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EGG PREDATION; GRASSHOPPER; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

BENIN;

ACRIDIDAE; ANIMALIA; CATALOIPUS; CATALOIPUS FUSCOCOERULEIPES; COLEOPTERA; DESMODIUM; EPICAUTA; HEXAPODA; HIEROGLYPHUS; HIEROGLYPHUS DAGANENSIS; INSECTA; KRAUSSARIA; KRAUSSARIA ANGULIFERA; MEDOIDAE; MELOIDAE; MYLABRIS; ORTHOPTERA; PILIOSTIGMA; PILIOSTIGMA THONNINGI; PSALYDOLYTTA; SCELIO; SCELIO AFRICANUS; SCELIO MAURITICANUS; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TYLOTROPIDIUS; TYLOTROPIDIUS GRACILIPES; VETIVERIA NIGRITANA;

EID: 0031852643     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s000748530004219x     Document Type: Article

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