The potential of using botanical insecticides for the control of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 1994-1998

  Tinzaara, W ^a   Tushemereirwe, W ^a   Nankinga, C K ^a   Gold, ^a   Kashaija, I ^b  

^a Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^b Kachwekano   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Banana weevil; Botanicals; Cosmopolites sordidus; Insecticidal plants; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANANA; BOTANY; EGG LAYING; HYACINTHUS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MARIGOLD; MELIA AZEDARACH; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; WEEVIL;

COLEOPTERA; COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; CURCULIONIDAE; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; MELIA AZEDARACH; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TAGETES;

EID: 33750957149     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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