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Earliness and Crop Morphological Traits Modulate Field Pest Infestation in Green Gram.
Journal of economic entomology - 24 Apr 2023
Mulwa Georgina K, Kitonyo Onesmus M, Nderitu John H
Abstract excerpt
Breeding has significantly improved drought tolerance in green gram but marked yield losses continue due to damage by insect pests. Important pests of green gram are pod borers, Maruca vitrata (F.), aphids, Aphis gossypii Glover and whiteflies, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood). Management of these pests has partly been constrained by the limited understanding of crop traits that modulate their infestation....
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