Ethnopathology: Local knowledge of plant health problems in Bangladesh, Uganda and Bolivia

Plant Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 773-781

  Bentley, J W ^a   Boa, E R ^a   Kelly, P ^a   Harun Ar Rashid, M ^b   Rahman, A K M ^b   Kabeere, F ^a   Herbas, J ^c  

^a CABI   (United Kingdom)

^b Agricultural Advisory Society   (Bangladesh)

^c Fundacion Promocion e Investigacion de Productos Andinos Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Ethnophytopathology; Folk knowledge; Plant disease; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; PATHOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; ASIA; BANGLADESH; BOLIVIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67651238493     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02040.x     Document Type: Article

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