Host plant preference of the stem borer Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Crop Protection

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-233

  Haile, Adugna ^a   Hofsvang, Trond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^b Norwegian Crop Research Institute   (Norway)

Author keywords

Busseola fusca; Host plant; Infestation; Oviposition; Preference

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; HOST PREFERENCE; OVIPOSITION; STEM BORER;

ERITREA;

BUSSEOLA FUSCA; ELEUSINE CORACANA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM X DRUMMONDII; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036118761     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(01)00089-8     Document Type: Article

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