East African highland banana production as influenced by nematodes and crop management in Uganda

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-49

  Speijer, P R ^a   Kajumba, C H ^a   Ssango, F ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Bunch Weight; Helicotylenchus Multicinctus; Plant Toppling; Pratylenchus Goodeyi; Radopholus Similis

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; CROPPING PRACTICE; NEMATODE; PEST DAMAGE;

UGANDA;

COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; HELICOTYLENCHUS MULTICINCTUS; MUSA; NEMATODA; PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI; RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS;

EID: 0032980392     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096708799228030     Document Type: Article

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