Insect pest problems in tropical agroforestry systems: Contributory factors and strategies for management

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-277

  Rao, M R ^a,b   Singh, M P ^c   Day, R ^d  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b Central Arid Zone Research Institute ^*  (India)

^c CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d CAB International   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biomass transfer; Insect pests; Integrated pest management; Natural enemies; Sequential systems; Simultaneous systems

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033695084     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006421701772     Document Type: Article

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