African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6925

Full Length Research Paper

Evaluation of neem leaves-based preparations as insecticidal agents against the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae)

Mondédji Abla Déla
  • Mondédji Abla Déla
  • Laboratoire d'Entomologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, B.P. 1515, Lomé, Togo.
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Ketoh Guillaume Koffivi
  • Ketoh Guillaume Koffivi
  • Unité de Recherche en Ecotoxicologie (URET), Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, B.P. 20122 Lomé, Togo.
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Amévoin Komina
  • Amévoin Komina
  • Laboratoire d'Entomologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, B.P. 1515, Lomé, Togo.
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Ameline Arnaud
  • Ameline Arnaud
  • FRE-CNRS 3498 EDYSAN (Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés), Laboratoire de Bio-Ecologie des Insectes Phytophages et Entomophages, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 33 rue Saint Leu, F-80039 Amiens cedex, France.
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Giordanengo Philippe
  • Giordanengo Philippe
  • Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France.
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Glitho Isabelle Adolé1
  • Glitho Isabelle Adolé1
  • Laboratoire d'Entomologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, B.P. 1515, Lomé, Togo.
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  •  Received: 08 August 2013
  •  Accepted: 07 April 2014
  •  Published: 24 April 2014

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