Importance of alternative host plants for the annual cycle of the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata fabricius (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in southern and central Benin

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-113

  Arodokoun, D Y ^a   Tamo M ^b   Cloutier, C ^c   Adeoti, R ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES RECHERCHES AGRICOLES DU BÉNIN   (Benin)

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative host plants; Legume pod borer; Lonchocarpus sericeus; Maruca vitrata; Pterocarpus santalinoides; Pueraria phaseoloides; Tephrosia platycarpa

Indexed keywords

CENTROSEMA PUBESCENS; LEPIDOPTERA; MARUCA VITRATA; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS SANTALINOIDES; PUERARIA; PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES; PYRALIDAE; TEPHROSIA;

EID: 32144454867     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400020312     Document Type: Article

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