A locust plague in the making: upsurges of the red locust, nomadacris septemfasciata (Serville) in Buzigorongosa outbreak area, Mozambique in 1996

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-300

  Bahana, John W ^a   Ngazero, Abilio K ^a  

^a International Red Locust Control Organisation for Central and Southern Africa   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Buzi gorongosa; Migration; Nomadacris septemfasciata; Outbreak areas; Oviposition; Plague; Red locust; Swarms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746941764     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400018919     Document Type: Article

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