Efficacy of Silicosec, filter cake and wood ash against the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on three maize genotypes

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-231

  Demissie, Girma ^a   Tefera, Tadele ^b   Tadesse, Abraham ^c  

^a Oromia Agriculture Research Institue   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Inert dusts; Integrated weevil management; Maize genotypes; Sitophilus zeamais

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 45049084179     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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