Bioactivity of selected plant powders against prostephanus truncatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in stored maize grains

Plant Protection Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-43

  Chebet, Fridah ^a   Deng, Arop L ^a   Ogendo, Joshua O ^a   Kamau, Alice W ^a   Bett, Philip K ^a  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Botanicals; Lantana camara; Tephrosia vogelii

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873909576     PISSN: 12122580     EISSN: 18059341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/56/2011-pps     Document Type: Article

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