Calcium silicate enhances resistance of sugarcane to the African stalk borer Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 265-274

  Keeping, M G ^a   Meyer, J H ^a  

^a South African Sugar Association   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Calcium silicate; Eldana saccharina; Host plant resistance; Insect pest; Silicon; Soil nutrients; Stalk borer; Sugarcane; Variety

Indexed keywords

ARUNDINARIA; ELDANA SACCHARINA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPAIPEMA NEBRIS; PYRALIDAE; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0036847036     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.2002.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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