Coffee pest and disease management options for smallholders in Malawi

Crop Protection

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-206

  Hillocks, R J ^a   Phiri, N A ^b   Overfield, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Box 133   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Coffea arabica; Coffee; Control; Diseases; Malawi; Pests

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; DISEASE CONTROL; MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; YIELD;

AFRICA; MALAWI;

COCCUS ALPINUS; COLLETOTRICHUM KAHAWAE; HEMILEIA VASTATRIX; MONOCHAMUS LEUCONOTUS;

EID: 0033119510     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(99)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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