Management of cassava green mite mononychellus progresivus (Acari: Tetranychidae) in different agro-ecological zones of Kenya

Systematic and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-50

  Mutisya, Daniel L ^a,b   El Banhawy, E M ^b   Khamala, C P M ^b   Kariuki, C W ^a  

^a KARI Katumani ^*  (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Abamectin; Cassava; Coastal lowlands; Midlands; Typhlodromalus aripo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953731636     PISSN: 13621971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11158/saa.20.1.5     Document Type: Article

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