Pest damage in sweet potato, groundnut and maize in north-eastern Uganda with special reference to damage by millipedes (Diplopoda)

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-69

  Ebregt, E ^a   Struik, Paul C ^a   Odongo, B ^b   Abidin, P E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Namulonge Agricultural and Animal Production Research Institute Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Arachis hypogaea; Crop establishment; Cropping system; Ipomoea batatas; Omopyge sudanica; Spirostreptus ibanda; Tibiomus spp. cfr. ambitus; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CROP PEST; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GROUNDNUT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MAIZE; PEST DAMAGE; POTATO;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SOROTI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; DIPLOPODA; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SPIROSTREPTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745440259     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(05)80010-7     Document Type: Article

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