Effects of time of planting, fertilizer and insecticide on sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata (Diptera: Muscidae), on two varieties of sorghum

African Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-195

  Obonyo, D N ^a,d   Ogola, J B O ^b   Kamau, A W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^c EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kenya; Ohunjo; Serena; Sorghum bicolor; Sorghum shoot fly; Tiller; Yield

Indexed keywords

ATHERIGONA SOCCATA; DIPTERA; MUSCIDAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 57749087868     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/1021-3589-16.2.185     Document Type: Article

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