Evaluating the use of herbicide-coated imidazolinone-resistant (IR) maize seeds to control Striga in farmers' fields in Kenya

Crop Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1496-1506

  De Groote, Hugo ^a   Wangare, Lucy ^a   Kanampiu, Fred ^a  

^a CIMMYT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Farmer managed trials; Herbicide resistance; On farm trials; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GERMPLASM; HERBICIDE; MAIZE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; YIELD RESPONSE;

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

STRIGA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548546748     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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