Assessing the potential impact of biological control of Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth) in cabbage production in Kenya

Crop Protection

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 981-989

  Macharia, Ibrahim ^a   Löhr, Bernhard ^a   De Groote, Hugo ^b  

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

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre CIMMYT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biological control; Diamondback moth; Economic impact; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP DAMAGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; YIELD;

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

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DIADEGMA SEMICLAUSUM; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 24644481320     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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