Life-table analysis of mortality factors affecting populations of Bemisia tabaci on cassava in Uganda

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-44

  Asiimwe, P ^a,b   Ecaat, J S ^a   Otim, M ^b   Gerling, D ^c   Kyamanywa, S ^b   Legg, J P ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aleyrodidae; Dislodgement; Homoptera; Irreplaceable mortality; Key factor analysis; Marginal mortality; Parasitism; Pest control; Predation

Indexed keywords

CASSAVA; COHORT ANALYSIS; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; PARASITISM; PREDATION;

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

ALEYRODIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BEMISIA TABACI; HEMIPTERA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 33845694029     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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