The role of maize-legumes-cassava intercropping in the management of maize ear borers with special reference to Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 495-502

  Agboka, Komi ^a   Gounou, Saka ^a   Tamo, Manuele ^a  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA   (Benin)

Author keywords

Canavalia ensiformis; Intercropping; Maize; Mussidia nigrivenella; Tephrosia vogelii

Indexed keywords

CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MUSSIDIA NIGRIVENELLA; PHASEOLUS LUNATUS; PYRALIDAE; SESBANIA; SESBANIA ROSTRATA; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA VOGELII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846707262     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2006.10697484     Document Type: Article

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