Abundance of sorghum panicle-feeding bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) in Mali and empirical relationships with weather

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-250

  Ratnadass, A ^a,c   Butler, D R ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Mali)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance; Campylomma spp.; Creontiades pallidus; Eurystylus oldi; Mali; Panicle feeding bugs; Sorghum; Weather

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CAMPYLOMMA; CREONTIADES; EURYSTYLUS OLDI; HEMIPTERA; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0038818755     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400023638     Document Type: Article

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