The effects of weed residue management on pests, pest damage, predators and crop yield in upland rice in côte d’ivoire

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-58

  Afun, J V K ^a   Johnson, D E ^b   Russell Smith, A ^b  

^a CSIR CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; CROP YIELD; NATURAL ENEMY; RICE; WEED;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0032745483     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.1999.9754823     Document Type: Article

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