Monitoring and Modeling of Field Infestation and Damage by the Maize Ear Borer Mussidia nigrivenella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Benin, West Africa
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 93 (3) , 650-657
- https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-93.3.650
Abstract
In many countries in West Africa, the pyralid ear borer Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot occasionally causes severe damage to pre- and postharvest maizeKeywords
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