Preventive control and Desert Locust plagues

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1527-1533

  Magor, J I ^a   Lecoq, M ^b   Hunter, D M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control strategies; Desert Locust; Outbreak; Plague; Preventive control

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LOCUST; MODELING; MONITORING; PEST CONTROL; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 55249111974     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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