Farmers' perceptions and practices for managing tomato leaf curl virus disease in southern India

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 333-338

  Nagaraju, N ^a   Venkatesh, H M ^a   Warburton, H ^b   Muniyappa, V ^a   Chancellor, T C B ^b   Colvin, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; Insecticides; Resistant varieties; Survey; Tomato; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; VIRAL DISEASE;

INDIA;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOMATO LEAF CURL VIRUS;

EID: 0036816562     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670870210153164     Document Type: Article

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