Natural enemies of the maize cob borer, Mussidia nigrivenella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Benin, West Africa

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 343-349

  Setamou M ^a,b   Schulthess, F ^b   Goergen, G ^b   Poehling, H M ^c   Borgemeister, C ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL;

BENIN;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; GARDENIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; RUBIACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BENIN; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEMALE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; BENIN; FEMALE; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; WASPS;

EID: 0035984508     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2002175     Document Type: Article

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