Biological control of the larger grain borer Prostephanus truncatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in Kenya using a predatory beetle Teretrius nigrescens (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 299-306

  Hill, M G ^a,d   Nang'ayo, F L O ^b   Wright, D J ^c  

^a CABI   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PEST CONTROL; PHEROMONE TRAP; PREDATOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; KENYA; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS;

KENYA;

ANIMALIA; BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HISTERIDAE; PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS; TERETRIUS;

EID: 0041851202     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2003247     Document Type: Article

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