Effect of plant spacing and cropping pattern on brown blotch (Colletotrichum truncatum) of cowpea

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 275-280

  Adebitan, Samuel A ^a,c   Fawole, Bamidele ^a   Hartman, Glen L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d Crop Sciences Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown blotch; Cowpea; Cropping pattern; Disease incidence; Disease severity; Plant spacing

Indexed keywords

BROWN BLOTCH; COWPEA; COWPEA PRODUCTION; CROPPING PATTERN; CROPPING PRACTICE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FARMING SYSTEM; INTERCROPPING; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT SPACING;

COLLETOTRICHUM TRUNCATUM; FABACEAE; VIGNA UNIGUICULATA;

EID: 0030320181     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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