Predators of Mesoplatys ochroptera in sesbania planted-fallows in eastern Zambia

BioControl

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 289-310

  Sileshi, G ^a,d   Kenis, M ^b   Ogol, C K P O ^c   Sithanantham, S ^d  

^a Zambia ICRAF Agroforestry Project   (Zambia)

^b CABI   (Switzerland)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Mesoplatys ochroptera; Planted fallows; Predators; Sesbania sesban; Soil fertility; Zambia

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FALLOW; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PEST CONTROL; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PEST CONTROL; PREDATOR;

EID: 0034872128     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011483320133     Document Type: Article

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