Manual topping decreases bollworm infestations in cotton cultivation in Mali

Crop Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1370-1375

  Renou, Alain ^a   Téréta, Idrissa ^b   Togola, Mamoutou ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CIRAD ^*  (Mali)

Author keywords

Cotton bollworms; Cotton topping; Diparopsis watersi; Gossypium hirsutum; IPM; Mali

Indexed keywords

COTTON; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; CULTIVATION; EMERGENCE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LARVA; MOTH; PARASITE INFESTATION; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PYRETHROID; YIELD RESPONSE;

MALI;

DIPAROPSIS WATERSI; EARIAS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA;

EID: 79960943452     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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