Integrating Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. strigae into cereal cropping systems in Africa

Pest Management Science

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 572-580

  Venne, Julien ^a   Beed, Fen ^b   Avocanh, Adolphe ^c   Watson, Alan ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

Author keywords

Bioherbicide; Cereals; Formulation; Fusarium oxysporum; Mycoherbicide; Striga; Witchweed

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CEREAL; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD PRODUCTION; MAIZE; WEED CONTROL;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CROP; EVALUATION; FUSARIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SORGHUM; WITCHWEED;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FUSARIUM; PLANT DISEASES; SORGHUM; STRIGA; ZEA MAYS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 65649117671     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1741     Document Type: Article

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