The effect of grassy field margins and fertilizer on soil water, plant nutrient levels, stem borer attacks and yield of maize in the humid forest zone of Cameroon

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 461-470

  Ndemah, Rose ^a   Schulthess, Fritz ^a   Nolte, Christian ^b  

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

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Africa; Busseola fusca; Grasses; Soils; Stem borer

Indexed keywords

BUSSEOLA FUSCA; ELDANA SACCHARINA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PANICUM MAXIMUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; POACEAE; PYRALIDAE; SCELIONIDAE; TELENOMUS BUSSEOLAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846707889     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2006.10697480     Document Type: Article

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