Performance of Bt cotton (MECH-162) under Integrated Pest Management in farmers' participatory field trial in Nanded district, Central India

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1628-1633

  Bambawale, O M ^a   Singh, Amerika ^a   Sharma, O P ^a   Bhosle, B B ^b   Lavekar, R C ^c   Dhandapani, A ^a   Kanwar, V ^a   Tanwar, R K ^a   Rathod, K S ^b   Patange, N R ^b   Pawar, V M ^b  

^a National Centre for Integrated Pest Management   (India)

^b MARATHWADA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Department of Agricultural Entomology   (India)

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Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; INSECTA; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA;

EID: 4444257833     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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