Cultural control measures to diminish sorghum yield loss and parasite success under Striga hermonthica infestation

Crop Protection

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1023-1034

  Van Ast, A ^a   Bastiaans, L ^a   Katile, S ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Agricultural Research Station of Cinzana   (Mali)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Deep planting; Shallow_tillage; Sorghum bicolor; Striga hermonthica; Transplanting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; PEST CONTROL; SEED BANK; YIELD;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 27144530658     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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