A population explosion ofAphis crassivoraKoch following DDT application in a cowpea, plot (Vigna unguiculata) cultivar (prima) in Nigeria
- 30 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Natural History
- Vol. 14 (5), 617-619
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938000770511
Abstract
A secondary outbreak of Aphis crassivora Koch pest occured in the DDT sprayed plot of a late cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) cult. (prima) crop at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (I.I.T.A.), Ibadan. DDT was sprayed weekly at 1 kg a.i./hec. to control leaf eating to podborer major pests of cowpea. A list of aphid predators observed during early and late cowpea crop is given.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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