Assessment of the sterile insect technique to manage red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus in coconut

Area-Wide Control of Insect Pests: From Research to Field Implementation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 475-485

  Krishnakumar, R ^a   Maheswari, P ^a  

^a Kerala Agricultural University   (India)

Author keywords

Coconut palm; Date palm; Integrated management; Kerala; Red palm weevil; Release recapture studies; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957930025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6059-5_44     Document Type: Chapter

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