Economic appraisal of pest management options in Okra

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 869-878

  Shabozoi, N U K ^a   Abro, G H ^a   Syed, T S ^a   Awan, M S ^b  

^a SINDH AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KARAKORAM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Botanicals; Insect pests; Management; Natural enemies; Okra

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOPESTICIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; FIELDWORK; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; SPIDER;

ABELMOSCHUS; ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS; ARANEAE; AVES; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CHRYSOPERLA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 80055040735     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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