Cassava Production and Pest Management: Present and Potential Threats in a Changing Environment

Tropical Plant Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-72

  Bellotti, Anthony ^a   Campo, Beatriz Vanessa Herrera ^a   Hyman, Glenn ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bioecology; Cassava arthropod pests; Climate change; Hornworms; Mealybugs; Mites; Pest distribution; Pest management; Weighted overlay; Whiteflies

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ALEYRODIDAE; ARTHROPODA; CYDNIDAE; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; SPHINGIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 84859606361     PISSN: 19359756     EISSN: 19359764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12042-011-9091-4     Document Type: Review

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