Biology of Mesoplatys ochroptera Stål (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a pest of Sesbania species, in southern central Africa

African Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-58

  Sileshi, G ^a   Sithanatham, S ^b   Mafongoya, P L ^a   Ogol, C K P O ^c   Rao, M R ^d  

^a Zambia ICRAF Agroforestry Project   (Zambia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d 11 ICRISAT Colony ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Mesoplatys ochroptera; Sesbania species

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SESBANIA; SESBANIA BISPINOSA; SESBANIA ROSTRATA; SESBANIA SERICEA; SESBANIA SESBAN;

EID: 0038421881     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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