Components of resistance to banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) in Musa germplasm in Uganda

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-35

  Kiggundu, Andrew ^a   Gold, Clifford S ^b,d   Labuschagne, Maryke T ^c   Vuylsteke, Dirk ^b   Louw, Schalk ^c  

^a Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antibiosis; Antixenosis; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Germplasm; Host plant resistance; Modalities of resistance; Pest management

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CROP PEST; FRUIT; GERMPLASM; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SURVIVORSHIP;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

COLEOPTERA; COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; CURCULIONIDAE; MUSA; MUSACEAE;

EID: 33845685472     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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