Natural enemies of maize stemborers on the highveld of Zimbabwe

African Entomology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-75

  Chinwada, P ^a   Overholt, W A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Busseola fusca; Cotesia sesamiae; Higlveld; Hyperparasitoids; Sturmiopsis parasitica

Indexed keywords

APHANOGMUS FIJIENSIS; BUSSEOLA FUSCA; CHILO PARTELLUS; COTESIA SESAMIAE; DENDROCERUS RODHAINI; SESAMIA CALAMISTIS; STURMIOPSIS PARASITICA;

EID: 0034966214     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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