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

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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 50 , Issue 4 , January 1960 , pp. 661 - 666
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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