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A review of the losses caused by various species of Chilo, methodologies adopted for the assessment of losses and information generated on the models for the effect of Chilo species on the yield of graminaceous crops is given.
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Une revue sur les pertes occasionnees par les diverses especes du genre Chilo, sur les methodologies pour evaluer les pertes ainsi que sur les informations issues des modeles relatifs a l’effet de Chilo spp. sur le rendement des plantes cerealieres est presentee ici.
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Seshu Reddy, K.V., Walker, P.T. A Review of the Yield Losses in Graminaceous Crops Caused by Chilo spp.. Int J Trop Insect Sci 11, 563–569 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400021123
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