Integrated pest management in post-harvest maize: A case study from the Republic of Togo (West Africa)

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 305-321

  Adda, C ^a,b   Borgemeister, C ^a   Biliwa, A ^c   Meikle, W G ^b   Markham, R H ^b   Poehling, H M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^c Plant Protection Service   (Togo)

Author keywords

Cost and return analysis; Integrated pest management; Maize; Prostephanus truncatus; Sitophilus zeamais; Togo

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MAIZE; PEST CONTROL;

TOGO;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS; SITOPHILUS; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; SWINEPOX VIRUS (STRAIN KASZA); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036889295     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00344-9     Document Type: Article

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