Advances and review of strategies for red locust plague prevention: The control of red locust, nomadacris septemfasciata (serville) into the 21st century

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 265-272

  Bahana, J W ^a   Byaruhanga, E K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Locust upsurges; Outbreak areas; Plague prevention; Red locust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746952486     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400018877     Document Type: Article

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