A temporary tunnel screen as an eco-friendly method for small-scale farmers to protect cabbage crops in Benin

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 152-158

  Licciardi, S ^a,b,e   Assogba Komlan, F ^c   Sidick, I ^a   Chandre, F ^a,b   Hougard, J M ^a,b   Martin, T ^a,b,d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE COTONOU CREC   (Benin)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Institut National de Recherche Agronomique du Bénin   (Benin)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e Centre IRD 08   (Benin)

Author keywords

Cabbage; Plutella xylostella; Tunnel screen; Vegetable protection

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HELLULA UNDALIS; LEPIDOPTERA; LIPAPHIS ERYSIMI; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 38649124608     PISSN: 17427584     EISSN: 17427592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742758407883184     Document Type: Article

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