Maize stem borer colonization, establishment and crop damage levels in a maize-leucaena agroforestry system in Kenya

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-15

  Ogol, Callistus K P O ^a   Spence, John R ^a   Keddie, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Kenya; Maize leucaena intercrops; Pest management; Resource concentration hypothesis; Stem borers

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COLONIZATION; CROP DAMAGE; MAIZE;

KENYA;

EID: 0032752909     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00077-8     Document Type: Article

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