The role of wild host plants in the abundance of lepidopteran stem borers along altitudinal gradient in Kenya

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 363-370

  Ong’amo, George O ^a   Rü, Bruno P Le ^a   Dupas, Stéphane ^b   Moyal, Pascal ^b   Muchugu, Eric ^a   Calatayud, Paul André ^a   Silvain, Jean François ^b  

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

^b France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Arundo donax; Lepidoptera; Pennisetum purpureum; Stem borer

Indexed keywords

ARUNDO DONAX; BUSSEOLA FUSCA; CHILO ORICHALCOCILIELLUS; CHILO PARTELLUS; COSSIDAE; CRAMBIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; PYRALIDAE; SESAMIA CALAMISTIS; SETARIA (PLANT); SETARIA MEGAPHYLLA; SORGHUM ARUNDINACEUM; TORTRICIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846695461     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2006.10697468     Document Type: Article

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