Incidence and severity of bean rust (Uromyces appendiculatus) in alleys between Leucaena hedgerows in Kenya

New Forests

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 385-402

  Koech, E K ^a   Whitbread, R ^b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alley farming; Hedgerow intercropping; Leucaena leucocephala; Microclimate; Uromyces appendiculatus

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS;

ALLEY FARMING; HEDGEROW INTERCROPPING; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; MICROCLIMATE; UROMYCES APPENDICULATUS;

CROPS;

FERTILIZER; HEDGEROW; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MICROCLIMATE; RUST DISEASE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; YIELD;

CERATONIA; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; HUMIDITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA HEDGEROWS; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; UROMYCES APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 33646567744     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-005-8680-1     Document Type: Article

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