Effect of botanicals on the population dynamics of Nephotettix virescens, rice tungro disease incidence and yield of rice

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-113

  Rajappan, K ^a   Ushamalini, C ^a   Subramanian, N ^a   Narasimhan, V ^a   Kareem, A Abdul ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Disease control; Green leafhopper; Neem (Azadirachta indica) cake; Plant extracts; Prosopis juliflora; Rice tungro virus; Synadenium grantii; Vitex negundo

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; NEPHOTETTIX VIRESCENS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; SYNADENIUM GRANTII; VITEX NEGUNDO;

EID: 0034094580     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02981739     Document Type: Article

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