Changes in the distribution of lepidopteran maize stemborers in kenya from the 1950s to 1990s

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 395-402

  Guofa, Zhou ^a   Overholt, William A ^a   Mochiah, Moses B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Busseola fusca; Chilo partelhis; Distribution; Elevation; Stemborers

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143143591     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400008511     Document Type: Article

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