Assessment of napier millet (Pennisetum purpureumP. glaucum) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) trap crops for the management of chilo partellus on maize

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-137

  Hari, N S ^a   Jindal, J ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chilo partellus; Maize; Napier millet; Oviposition; Push pull system; Sorghum; Survival; Trap crop

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MAIZE; MILLET; SORGHUM; STEM BORER; SURVIVAL; TRAP CROP;

CHILO PARTELLUS; CRAMBIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG LAYING; LARVA; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PEARL MILLET; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DENSITY; SORGHUM; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; LARVA; MOTHS; OVIPOSITION; PENNISETUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DENSITY; SORGHUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 65549106866     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485308006159     Document Type: Article

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