Assessment of key factors responsible for the pest status of the bean flower thrips megalurothrips sjostedti (thysanoptera: thripidae) in West Africa

Megalurothrips sjostedti (Trybom) is an important pest of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) in West Africa. Three key factors assumed to be responsible for its pest status are analysed, the survival on alternative host-plants during the dry season, the inefficient biotic mortality factors regulating popula...

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Main Authors: Tamo, M., Baumgärtner, J., Delucchi, V., Herren, H.R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1993
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179671

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