Farmers’ cultural practices and their effects on pest control in sweetpotato in south Nyanza, Kenya

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 2-7

  Smit, N E J M ^a   Matengo, L O ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acraea acerata; Cultural control; Cylas spp; Sweetpotato; Sweetpotato weevil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION; CROPPING PRACTICES; CULTURAL CONTROL; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; SWEET POTATO CULTIVATION; SWEETPOTATO;

KENYA, NYANZA PROVINCE, SOUTH NYANZA DISTRICT; KENYA, SOUTH NYANZA;

ACRAEA ACERATA; APIONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYLAS BRUNNEUS; CYLAS PUNCTICOLLIS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0029527353     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670879509371912     Document Type: Article

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