Diversity and seasonal abundance of sorghum panicle-feeding Hemiptera in South Africa

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 444-451

  Kruger, M ^a   van den Berg, J ^a   Du Plessis, H ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ARC GRAIN CROPS INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Campylomma sp.; Creontiades pallidus; Deraeocoris sp.; Eurystylus bellevoyi; Grain mould; Head bugs; Nysius natalensis; Orius sp.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERING; INSECT; PEST SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETABLE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CAMPYLOMMA; CREONTIADES; DERAEOCORIS; EURYSTYLUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LYGAEIDAE; MIRIDAE; NEZARA VIRIDULA; NYSIUS NATALENSIS; ORIUS;

EID: 38849142008     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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