Striga control - Technologies and their dissemination

Crop Protection

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-342

  Oswald, A ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extension; Farmer training; Participatory research; Striga; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; TRAINING; WEED CONTROL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA;

EID: 14144250093     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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