Sorghum head-bugs and grain molds in West and Central Africa: II. Relationships between weather, head-bug and mold damage on sorghum grains

Crop Protection

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 853-858

  Ratnadass, A ^a,e   Butler, D R ^b   Marley, P S ^c   Bandyopadhyay, R ^d,f   Hess, D E ^a,g   Akintayo, I ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Mali)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d ICRISAT Patancheru   (India)

^e CIRAD   (France)

^f INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain molds; Head bugs; Sorghum; Weather

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; FUNGAL DISEASE; SORGHUM; WEATHER;

AFRICA;

SORGHUM;

EID: 0037861001     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(03)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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