Infestation levels of insect pests at Farako bâ site.

Infestation levels of insect pests at Farako bâ site.

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Phonoctonus lutescens which is a predator of Dysdercus voëlkeri (Schmidt, 1932) is present in cotton fields at the same time as its prey, D. voëlkeri. The objective of this study was to see which of the biological control or chemical control programs spares and maintains the potentially beneficial insects, especially P. lutescens. This study was co...

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... Farako Bâ Analysis of the data on sucking pest infestations by type of cotton production in Farako Bâ indicated a significant difference between treatments (Table 2). ...

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