Colonization of cultivated and indigenous graminaceous host plants by Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) under field conditions

African Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-199

  Rebe, M ^a,c,d   Van Den Berg, J ^b   McGeoch, M A ^c,e  

^a ARC GRAIN CROPS INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d Department of Agriculture ^*  (South Africa)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Busseola fusca; Chilo partellus; Colonization; Grasses; Pest management

Indexed keywords

BUSSEOLA FUSCA; CHILO; CHILO PARTELLUS; CRAMBINAE; HEXAPODA; HYPARRHENIA; HYPARRHENIA TAMBA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PANICUM; PANICUM MAXIMUM; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; POACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 9244223625     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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