Evaluation of fallow and cover crops for nematode suppression in three agroecologies of south western Nigeria

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1034-1039

  Adediran, J A ^a   Adegbite, A A ^a   Akinlosotu, T A ^a   Agbaje, G O ^a   Taiwo, L B ^a   Owolade, O F ^a   Oluwatosin, G A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cover crop; Fallow crop; Nematode population; Nematode species; Nematode suppression; Soil type

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; COVER CROP; CROPPING SYSTEM; ECOLOGY; FALLOW; FOREST; HELICOTYLENCHUS; MELOIDOGYNE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NEMATODE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PARASITIC PLANT DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRATYLENCHUS; ROTYLENCHUS; SCUTELLONEMA; SOIL; TYLENCHORHYNCHUS; VELVET BEAN; WEED;

CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; HELICOTYLENCHUS; MELOIDOGYNE; MUCUNA; NEMATODA; PRATYLENCHUS; ROTYLENCHUS; SCUTELLONEMA; TYLENCHORHYNCHUS;

EID: 27144513534     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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