On-farm evaluation of the 'push-pull' technology for the control of stemborers and striga weed on maize in western Kenya

Field Crops Research

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-233

  Khan, Zeyaur R ^a   Midega, Charles A O ^a   Amudavi, David M ^a   Hassanali, Ahmed ^a   Pickett, John A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Push pull'; Kenya; Maize; Pest management; Stemborers; Striga

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PEST CONTROL; SOILS;

FARMING SYSTEMS; MAIZE; PEST MANAGEMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; STEMBORERS;

CROPS;

CROP DAMAGE; GRASS; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MAIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PEST CONTROL; STEM BORER; WEED CONTROL;

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

DESMODIUM; LEPIDOPTERA; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 39149093031     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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