Farmers' knowledge, perceptions and management of vegetable pests and diseases in Botswana

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1220-1224

  Obopile, M ^a   Munthali, D C ^a   Matilo, B ^b  

^a BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

^b Department of Crop production and Forestry ^*  (Botswana)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Perceptions; Pest management; Pesticides; Pests; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CROP PRODUCTION; DISEASE CONTROL; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FRUIT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MITE; PERCEPTION; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; VEGETABLE;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARTHROPODA; BETA VULGARIS CICLA; BREVICORYNE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; TETRANYCHUS;

EID: 43449111198     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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