Title

Geographic Information System Used for Assessing the Activity of the Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus (Olivier) in the Date Palm Oasis of Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia

Journal title

Journal of Plant Protection Research

Yearbook

2011

Volume

vol. 51

Issue

No 3

Authors

Massoud Massoud ; Faleiro, Jose ; Mahmoud El-Saad ; Essa Sultan

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Biologiczne i Rolnicze

Publisher

Committee of Plant Protection PAS ; Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute

Date

2011

Identifier

DOI: 10.2478/v10045-011-0039-3 ; ISSN 1427-4345 ; eISSN 1899-007X

Source

Journal of Plant Protection Research; 2011; vol. 51; No 3

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