Efficacy of Lantana camara L. and Tephrosia vogelii Hook against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in stored maize grains

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 679, Issue , 2005, Pages 137-143

  Ogendo, J O ^a   Belmain, S R ^b   Deng, Arop L ^a   Walker, D J ^b  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botanical insecticides; Grain storage; Mortality; Repellence; Stored product protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749055371     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.679.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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