Preventive programme against the cactus moth Cactoblastis cactorum in Mexico

Area-Wide Control of Insect Pests: From Research to Field Implementation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 345-350

  Hernandez J ^a   Sanchez H ^a   Bello, A ^a   Gonzalez G ^a  

^a SENASICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cactoblastis cactorum; Cactus moth; Invasive species; Mexico; Monitoring; Opuntia; Prevention; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873809857     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6059-5_32     Document Type: Chapter

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