Within-plant distribution of cotton boll-infesting Lepidoptera: Application to sampling

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1458-1464

  Nibouche, S ^a,b   Babin, R ^a,b   Beyo, J ^a   Goze E ^a,b  

^a Inst de Rech Agric Pour Le Devmt   (Cameroon)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Boll feeding Lepidoptera; Sampling; Within plant distribution

Indexed keywords

COTTON; PEST SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

DIPARAPSIS WATERSI; EARIAS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 7644241665     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.5.1458     Document Type: Article

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