Developments in the strategy of red locust plague prevention in the fifty-year history of the international red locust control organisation for central and southern Africa

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 259-264

  Byaruhanga, E K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Irlcs and irlco csa; Nomadacris septemfasciata; Outbreak areas; Plagues; Red locust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747006157     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400018865     Document Type: Article

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