Levels of host plant resistance to banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Ugandan Musa germplasm

Euphytica

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-277

  Kiggundu, Andrew ^a   Gold, Clifford S ^b   Labuschagne, Maryke T ^c   Vuylsteke, Dirk ^b   Louw, Schalk ^c  

^a Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Cosmopolites sordidus; Host plant; Musa; Principal component analysis; Resistance

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; MUSA; MUSA ACUMINATA; MUSA X PARADISIACA; PISANG; PLANTAGO;

EID: 0142027745     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025725124849     Document Type: Article

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