Habitat management strategies for the control of cereal stemborers and striga in maize in kenya

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 375-380

  Khan, Z R ^a   Pickett, J A ^b   Wadhams, L ^b   Muyekho, F ^c  

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

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Habitat management; Kenya; Maize; Stemborers; Striga hermonthica; push pull

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042679025     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742758400008481     Document Type: Article

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