The role of intercropping different cereal species in controlling lepidopteran stemborers on maize in Kenya

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-49

  Songa, J M ^a   Jiang, N ^b   Schulthess, F ^b   Omwega, C ^b  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

Author keywords

Intercropping system; Maize; Parasitism; Semi arid; Stemborer; Yield

Indexed keywords

CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP YIELD; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; MILLET; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL; SEMIARID REGION; SORGHUM; STEM BORER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846518785     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2006.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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