Assessment of the potential of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) varieties as trap plants for management of Chilo partellus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-22

  Khan, Zeyaur R ^a   Midega, Charles A O ^a   Hutter, Nicholas J ^b   Wilkins, Richard M ^b   Wadhams, Lester J ^c  

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

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Push pull' system; Crambidae; Development; Lepidoptera; Oviposition; Poaceae; Survival; Trap crop; Varieties

Indexed keywords

GRASS; OVIPOSITION; SURVIVAL; TRAP CROP;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; CHILO PARTELLUS; CRAMBINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645103818     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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