The root-knot nematode problem in sesbania fallows and scope for managing it in western Kenya

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 273-288

  Desaeger, J ^a   Rao, M R ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Crotalaria; Improved fallow; Meloidogyne spp.; Sesbania sesban; Tree fallow

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; FALLOW; NEMATODE; PEST CONTROL; SESBANIA;

KENYA;

SESBANIA SESBAN;

EID: 0033450930     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006288018137     Document Type: Article

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