Banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Tests for suspected resistance to carbofuran and dieldrin in the Masaka District, Uganda

African Entomology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Gold, C S ^a   Bagabe, M I ^a,b   Ssendege, R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Banana weevil; Carbofuran; Cosmopolites sordidus; Dieldrin; Insecticide resistance

Indexed keywords

COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS;

EID: 0033508447     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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