Population simulation model of Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in grain stores in West Africa

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 836-844

  Meikle, William G ^a   Holst, Niels ^b   Markham, Richard H ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Integrated control; Population dynamics; Prostephanus truncatus; Simulation model; Sitophilus zeamais; Stored maize

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION MODELING; STORAGE;

(WEST); AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032725190     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.5.836     Document Type: Article

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