The relationship between outbreaks, rainfall and low density populations of the african armyworm, spodoptera exempta, in Kenya

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 285-294

  Dewhurst, Charles F ^a   Page, William W ^a   Rose, Derek J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Goodworth Clatford   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African armyworm; First outbreaks; Gregaria; Lepidoptera; Low density; Noctuidae; Solitaria; Spodoptera exempta

Indexed keywords

MOTH; PEST OUTBREAK; RAINFALL;

KENYA;

LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA EXEMPTA;

EID: 0035060859     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2001.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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