Effects of the head bug Eurystylus oldi (Poppius) (Hemiptera:miridae) on some bio-agronomic traits of sorghum

Crop Protection

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-119

  Showemimo, F A ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cultivars response; Injury index; Insect stress; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

PEST DAMAGE; SORGHUM;

EURYSTYLUS OLDI; HETEROPTERA; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0037290722     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(02)00120-5     Document Type: Article

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