Biological control of the larger grain borer Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) by its predator Teretrius nigrescens (Lewis) (Coleoptera: Histeridae) in Togo and Benin

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-255

  Schneider, Heinrich ^a,b   Borgemeister, Christian ^a,b   Sétamou, Mamoudou ^c   Affognon, Hippolyte ^a,b,d   Bell, Albert ^d   Zweigert, Matthias E ^d   Poehling, Hans Michael ^a   Schulthess, Fritz ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Intl Inst of Tropical Agriculture   (Central African Republic)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^d Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological control; Grain losses; Pheromone traps; Prostephanus truncatus; Sitophilus zeamais; Storage pests; Teretrius nigrescens; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HISTERIDAE; PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS; SITOPHILUS; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; TERETRIUS; TERETRIUS NIGRESCENS;

EID: 2342538482     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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