Performance of Sesbania sesban infested by the defoliating beetle Mesoplatys ochroptera in Zambia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 177-184

  Sileshi, G ^a   Mafongoya, P L ^a   Kwesiga, F ^b  

^a Zambia ICRAF Agroforestry Project   (Zambia)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Artificial infestation; Improved fallows; Integrated pest management overcompensation; Simulated defoliation

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; DEFOLIATION; FALLOW; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ZAMBIA;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; KAKAMEGA; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN;

EID: 0036940123     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021310312694     Document Type: Article

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