Johnson grass [Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.]: A potential food plant for attaining higher grasshopper biomass in acridid farms

Philippine Agricultural Scientist

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-336

  Ganguly, Arijit ^a   Chakravorty, Ranita ^a   Sarkar, Angshuman ^a   Haldar, Parimalendu ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acrididae; High yield; Livestock; Orthoptera; Oxya fuscovittata; Sorghum halepense

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; CAELIFERA; CYNODON DACTYLON; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; ORYZA SATIVA; OXYA; SORGHUM HALEPENSE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 84858301296     PISSN: 00317454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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