Life tables, key factor analysis and density relations of natural populations of the spotted maize stemborer, Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), under different cropping systems at the Kenyan coast

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-95

  Midega, C A O ^a,b   Ogol, C K P O ^a   Overholt, W A ^c  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Chilo partellus; Cotesia flavipes; Cotesia sesamiae; Life tables; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CHILO PARTELLUS; COTESIA FLAVIPES; COTESIA SESAMIAE; CRAMBINAE; GLIRICIDIA; LEPIDOPTERA; LEUCAENA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 29244434816     PISSN: 17427584     EISSN: 17427592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IJT200564     Document Type: Article

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