Distribution and relative importance of cereal stem borers and their natural enemies in the semi-arid and cool-wet ecozones of the Amhara State of Ethiopia

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 389-402

  Wale, Melaku ^a,b   Schulthess, Fritz ^b   Kairu, Eunice W ^c   Omwega, Charles O ^b  

^a Adet Research Centre   (Ethiopia)

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

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ethiopia; Importance; Parasitoids; Stem borer

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; BUSSEOLA FUSCA; CHILO PARTELLUS; COLEOPTERA; CRAMBIDAE; DRYOPHTHORINAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SESAMIA CALAMISTIS; UNIDENTIFIED NEMATODE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846676741     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2006.10697471     Document Type: Article

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