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Notes on Gall Midges (Cecidomyiidae) on Nigerian Crops with a Description of a New Species of Thomasiella Rübsaamen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

K. M. Harris
Affiliation:
Entomologist, Department of Agricultural Research, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Extract

Investigation of the gall midges of crops in Nigeria has revealed an undescribed: species which causes sorghum stems to lodge and two species, one on rice, the other on benniseed (Sesamum orientale), which are known as pests of these crops in India.

Type
Research Paper
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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