Piecemeal versus one-time harvesting of sweet potato in north-eastern Uganda with special reference to pest damage

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-92

  Ebregt, E ^a   Struik, Paul C ^a   Odongo, B ^b   Abidin, P E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b National Crops Resources Research Institute NaCRRI   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Cylas spp.; Ipomoea batatas; Millipedes; Nematodes; Rough sweet potato weevil; Storage root damage; Sweet potato weevil; Vine damage

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; HARVESTING; NEMATODE; PEST DAMAGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTATO;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

CYLAS; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; DIPLOPODA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; NEMATODA;

EID: 35448991268     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(07)80005-4     Document Type: Article

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