Habitat management and its impact on maize stemborer colonization and crop damage levels in Kenya and South Africa

African Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 333-340

  Midega, C A O ^a,b   Khan, Z R ^a   Van Den Berg, J ^c   Ogol, C K P O ^b  

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

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

'Push pull'; Desmodium; Kenya; Maize; Napier grass; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DESMODIUM; LEPIDOPTERA; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27644480641     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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