Spot blotch continues to cause substantial grain yield reductions under resource-limited farming conditions

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 154, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 482-488

  Sharma, R C ^a,b   Duveiller, E ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bipolaris sorokiniana; Cochliobolus sativus; Foliar blight; On farm research; Triticum aestivum; Yield loss

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; SOUTH ASIA;

COCHLIOBOLUS; COCHLIOBOLUS SATIVUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33746377947     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2006.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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