Current strategies to control insect pest problems in cowpea include, on the preventive side, host plant resistance and conservation biological control. Because very often these management options alone cannot provide adequate control, curative measures need to be taken, which include augmentativ...
Tamò, M.
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Srinivasan, R.
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Dannon, E.A.
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Agboton, C.
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Datinon, B.
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Dabiré, C.
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Baoua, I.
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Ba, Malick N.
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Haruna, B.
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Pittendrigh, Barry R.
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[Biological control: a major component for the longterm cowpea pest management strategy]
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Biological control: a major component for the longterm cowpea pest management strategy
The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda is a prime noctuid pest of maize on the American continents where it has remained confined despite occasional interceptions by European quarantine services in recent years. The pest has currently become a new invasive species in West and Central Africa wher...
Goergen, Georg E.
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Kumar, P.L.
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Sankung, S.B.
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Togola, A.
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Tamò, M.
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[First report of outbreaks of the fall armyworm Spodoptera Frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a new alien invasive pest in West and Central Africa]
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First report of outbreaks of the fall armyworm Spodoptera Frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a new alien invasive pest in West and Central Africa
Vegetables are one of the important crops which could alleviate the poverty and malnutrition among the smallholder farmers in tropical Asia and Africa. However, a plethora of pests limit the productivity of these crops, leading to economic losses. Vegetable producers overwhelmingly rely on chemic...
Srinivasan, R.
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Sevgan, S.
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Ekesi, S.
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Tamò, M.
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[Biopesticide based sustainable pest management for safer production of vegetable legumes and brassicas in Asia and Africa]
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Biopesticide based sustainable pest management for safer production of vegetable legumes and brassicas in Asia and Africa