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Tropical Pest Management Volume 38, 1992 - Issue 1
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Traps and lures for a pheromone‐based monitoring system for the maize stalk borer, Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Kitale, Kenya

B. A. Medvecky Statewide IPM Project, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA
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F. G. Zalom Statewide IPM Project, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA
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W. A. Williams Department of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA
Pages 70-74 | Published online: 13 Nov 2008

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