Finger millet blast disease management: A key entry point for fighting malnutrition and poverty in East Africa

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-108

  Lenne J M ^a,b   Takan, J P ^c   Mgonja, M A ^d   Manyasa, E O ^d   Kaloki, P ^d   Wanyera, N ^e   Okwadi, J ^e   Muthumeenakshi, S ^c   Brown, A E ^f   Tamale, M ^g   Sreenivasaprasad, S ^c  

^a Field Crops Research   (United States)

^b North Oldmoss Croft   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Kenya)

^e SAARI   (Uganda)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g Maganjo Grain Millers Ltd   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Blast disease management; East Africa; Eleusine coracana; Finger millet; Grain millers and processors; Innovation systems

Indexed keywords

ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE CORACANA;

EID: 34547346495     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000007781159994     Document Type: Article

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