Assessment of damage and grain yield loss in maize caused by northern leaf blight in western Ethiopia;Befall und kornertragsverlust durch 'northern leaf blight' an mais in West-Athiopien

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-363

  Tefferi, A ^a   Hulluka, M ^b   Welz, H G ^c  

^a Oromia Agriculture Research Institue   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exserohilum turcicum; maize; northern corn leaf blight; Setosphaeria turcica; weather factors; yield loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029799382     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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