Management of potato late blight in the Peruvian highlands: Evaluating the benefits of farmer field schools and farmer participatory research

Plant Disease

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 565-571

  Ortiz, O ^a   Garrett, K A ^b   Heath, J J ^b,d   Orrego, R ^a   Nelson, R J ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; GENES; PRODUCTIVITY;

CULTIVARS; LATE BLIGHT MANAGEMENT;

DISEASE CONTROL;

PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 1942486285     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.5.565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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