Management of white rot (Sclerotium cepivorum) of garlic using fungicides in Ethiopia

Crop Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 856-866

  Zewide, Tamire ^a   Fininsa, Chemeda ^a   Sakhuja, P K ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Allium sativum; Disease progress rate; Fungicides; Incidence; Sclerotium cepivorum; White rot

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

AFRICA; BAKELO; DEBRE ZEIT; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SHEWA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; SCLEROTIUM CEPIVORUM; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 33947615333     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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