Relationships of intercropped maize, stem borer damage to maize yield and land-use efficiency in the humid forest of Cameroon

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 417-427

  Chabi Olaye, A ^a,b   Nolte, C ^b   Schulthess, F ^c   Borgemeister, C ^a,c  

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

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Cameroon)

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

Author keywords

Cameroon; Cassava; Cowpea; Intercropping; Land use efficiency; Maize; Soybean; Stem borers; Yield loss

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CROP DAMAGE; INTERCROPPING; LAND USE; MAIZE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CAMEROON; CASSAVA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; LARVA; LEGUME; MAIZE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOYBEAN; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CAMEROON; FABACEAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMIDITY; LARVA; MANIHOT; MOTHS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOYBEANS; TREES; ZEA MAYS;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

GLYCINE MAX; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27344438780     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2005373     Document Type: Article

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