The potential of mixed covers of Sesbania, Tephrosia and Crotalaria to minimise nematode problems on subsequent crops

Field Crops Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-125

  Desaeger, J ^a   Rao, M R ^a,b  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Bean; Biomass; Improved fallows; Kenya; Maize; Meloidogyne; Planted fallow; Pratylenchus

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FARMS; SOILS;

NEMATODES;

CROPS;

COVER CROP; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; NEMATODE; PEST CONTROL;

KENYA;

CACAJAO; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA GRAHAMIANA; HELICOTYLENCHUS; HELICOTYLENCHUS PSEUDOROBUSTUS; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PRATYLENCHUS; PRATYLENCHUS PSEUDOPRATENSIS; PRATYLENCHUS THORNEI; PRATYLENCHUS ZEAE; SCUTELLONEMA; SCUTELLONEMA BRACHYURUS; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA VOGELII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035918011     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(01)00127-7     Document Type: Article

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