Effects of mulch location on banana weevil, soil and plant nutrients, soil water and biomass in banana fields

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 74-79

  McIntyre, B D ^a   Gold, C S ^b   Ssali, H ^c   Riha, S J ^d  

^a ESARC ^*  (United States)

^b ESARC   (Uganda)

^c Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^d Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Banana weevil; Cosmopolites sordidus; Musa; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; CROP YIELD; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MULCHING; PEST OUTBREAK; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MUSA;

EID: 0346333367     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-003-0681-7     Document Type: Article

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