Chemical ecology and eco-physiology of the grain chinch bug, Macchiademus diplopterus (Distant) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Blissidae), a phytosanitary pest of South African export fruit

Chemical ecology and eco-physiology of the grain chinch bug, Macchiademus diplopterus (Distant) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Blissidae), a phytosanitary pest of South African export fruit

Thesis (MScAgric)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. === ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The grain chinch bug, Macchiademus diplopterus, is an endemic pest of cultivated grain crops and wild grasses in the south-western Cape region of South Africa. In early summer when host plants dry out, adult grain chinch bugs ag...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Okosun, Olabimpe Olayem
Other Authors: Johnson, Shelley
Format: Others
Language:en_ZA
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2012
Subjects:
Chinch-bugs > South Africa > Western Cape
Chinch-bugs > Ecology > South Africa > Western Cape
Chinch-bugs > Ecophysiology > South Africa > Western Cape
Chinch-bugs > Control > South Africa > Western Cape
Fruit > Diseases and pests > South Africa > Western Cape
Grain > Diseases and pests > South Africa > Western Cape
Dissertations > Conservation ecology and entomology
Theses > Conservation ecology and entomology
Conservation Ecology and Entomology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20046

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http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20046

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