Sequential pegboard to support small farmers in cotton pest control decision-making in Cameroon

Crop Protection

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 968-973

  Brevault T ^a,b   Couston, L ^a,b   Bertrand, A ^a,b   Theze M ^c   Nibouche, S ^d   Vaissayre, M ^b  

^a PRASAC ARDESAC   (Cameroon)

^b Unité Propre de Recherche Agroécologie et Intensification Durable des cultures Annuelles   (France)

^c SODECOTON   (Cameroon)

^d Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Bollworms; Cameroon; Cotton; Dissemination; Sampling; Spraying threshold

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; MOTH; PEST CONTROL; SPRAY; VILLAGE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

DIPAROPSIS WATERSI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 70049102694     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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