Effect of millet variety and date of sowing on diapause development in Coniesta ignefusalis (Hampson) in Northern Ghana

Crop Protection

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 793-798

  Tanzubil, Paul B ^a,c   Mensah, G W K ^b   McCaffery, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

^c Savanna Agricultural Research Institute   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Coniesta ignefusalis; Crop damage; Date of sowing; Diapause; Millet

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE; MILLET; PEST DAMAGE; SOWING DATE;

GHANA;

INSECTA;

EID: 0036838060     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(02)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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