Incidence of Mesoplatys ochroptera Stål (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Sesbania sesban in pure and mixed species fallows in eastern Zambia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-231

  Sileshi, G ^a   Mafongoya, P L ^a  

^a Zambia ICRAF Agroforestry Project   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Gliricidia sepium; Integrated pest management; Macroptilium atropurpureum; Macrotyloma axillare; Mucuna pruriens

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BEETLE; CROPPING PRACTICE; FALLOW; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY;

ZAMBIA;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA GRAHAMIANA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; HEXAPODA; MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; MACROTYLOMA AXILLARE; MESOPLATYS; MESOPLATYS OCHROPTERA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; SESBANIA SESBAN;

EID: 0036947592     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021383430441     Document Type: Article

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