Effect of crop sanitation on banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) populations and crop damage in farmers' fields in Uganda

Crop Protection

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-283

  Masanza, M ^a   Gold, C S ^a   Van Huis, A ^b   Ragama, P E ^a   Okech, S H O ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Banana weevil; Cosmopolites sordidus; Crop sanitation; Farmer participatory research; Highland banana; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SANITATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; CURCULIONIDAE;

EID: 12544250889     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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