Effects of application of phosphorus fertilizer on brown blotch disease of cowpea

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 343-347

  Owolade, O F ^a   Adediran, J A ^a   Akande, M A ^a   Alabi, B S ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cowpea; Disease phosphorus; Levels; Methods

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTATION; GRAIN YIELD; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PLANT DISEASE; PLANTING TIME;

EID: 33645741893     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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