Combined control of Striga hermonthica and stemborers by maize-Desmodium spp. intercrops

Crop Protection

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 989-995

  Khan, Zeyaur R ^a   Pickett, John A ^b   Wadhams, Lester J ^b   Hassanali, Ahmed ^a   Midega, Charles A O ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Cowpea; Desmodium; Intercropping; Maize; Stemborer; Striga

Indexed keywords

INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITIC PLANT; PEST SPECIES; STEM BORER;

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

DESMODIUM; DESMODIUM UNCINATUM; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745671659     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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