Effects of Canavalia ensiformis and Mucuna pruriens intercrops on Pratylenchus zeae damage and yield of maize in subsistence agriculture

Plant and Soil

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 243-251

  Arim, O J ^a   Waceke, J W ^a   Waudo, S W ^a   Kimenju, J W ^b  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Leguminous cover crops; Lesion nematodes; Subsistence agriculture; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; FIELD METHOD; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MAIZE; SOIL BIOTA; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA OCHROLEUCA; LABLAB PURPUREUS; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; NEMATODA; PRATYLENCHUS ZEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33746397093     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-0053-9     Document Type: Article

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