Role of inland valleys in the management of stem borers and their natural enemies in upland maize fields in the humid forest zone of Cameroon

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 282-292

  Chabi Olaye, Adenirin ^a,b   Nolte, Christian ^b   Schulthess, Fritz ^c   Borgemeister, Christian ^a,c  

^a Institute of Plant Diseases and Plant Protection   (Germany)

^b Int'l Inst of Tropical Agriculture   (Cameroon)

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

Author keywords

Build up of populations; Cameroon; Inland valley and upland maize; Natural enemy; Stem borers

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DATA SET; DRY SEASON; EGG SIZE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INSECT; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONITORING; OVIPOSITION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VALLEY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BUSSEOLA FUSCA; ELDANA SACCHARINA; SCELIONIDAE; SESAMIA CALAMISTIS; TELENOMUS BUSSEOLAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750217725     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.2.282     Document Type: Article

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