Insect pests' incidence and variations due to forest landscape degradation in the humid forest zone of Southern Cameroon: Farmers' perception and need for adopting an integrated pest management strategy

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 555-562

  Kekeunou, Sévilor ^a,b   Messi, Jean ^b   Weise, Stephan ^a   Tindo, Maurice ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Annual crop; Farmers; Insect; Integrated pest management; Perennial crop; Pest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRONOMY; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CROP PEST; DEGRADATION; FOREST; GRASSHOPPER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INSECT CONTROL; INTERVIEW; ISOPTERA; LANDSCAPE; PERCEPTION; PEST MANAGEMENT; VERTEBRATE; WEED;

INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MIRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646082975     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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