A review of sugarcane stem borers and their natural enemies in Asia and Indian Ocean Islands: An Australian perspective

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 263-283

  Sallam, Mohamed Nader Said ^a  

^a BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acigona; Argyroploce; Australia; Chilo; Cotesia; Maliarpha; Natural enemies; Scirpophaga; Sesamia; Stem borers; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

ARGYROPLOCE; BRACONIDAE; CHILO; COTESIA; COTESIA FLAVIPES; HYMENOPTERA; MALIARPHA; OCCIDENTALIA; SCIRPOPHAGA; SESAMIA;

EID: 33846666346     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2006.10697459     Document Type: Article

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