Impact of Abiotic Factors on Incidence of Fruit and Shoot Infestation of Spotted Bollworms Earias spp. on Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.)

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 863-868

  Aziz, Muhammad Asif ^a   Hasan, Mansoor Ul ^b   Ali, Amjad ^c  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c Entomological Research Institute   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Okra; Shoot and fruit infestation; Spotted bollworms; Weather factors

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; MOTH; PARASITE INFESTATION; PEST DAMAGE; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

FAISALABAD; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

ABELMOSCHUS; ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS; ANAMIKA; EARIAS; PUSA;

EID: 80055060512     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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