Host plants and population dynamics of the ear borer Mussidia nigrivenella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in benin

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 516-524

  Sétamou, Mamoudou ^a,b   Schulthess, Fritz ^a   Gounou, Saka ^a   Poehling, Hans Michael ^b   Borgemeister, Christian ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b Institute of Plant Diseases and Plant Protection   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benin; Host plants; Mussidia nigrivenella; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; CROP PEST; MAIZE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BENIN;

CANAVALIA ENSEIFORMIS; GARDENIA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; MUSSIDIA NIGRIVENELLA; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 17344377877     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.3.516     Document Type: Article

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