Resistance status of upland NERICA rice varieties to termite damage in Northcentral Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3864-3869

  Agunbiade, T A ^a   Nwilene, F E ^a   Onasanya, A ^b   Semon, M ^a   Togola, A ^b   Tamo, M ^c   Falola, O O ^d  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^c Internation Institute of Tropical Agriculture (UTA)   (Benin)

^d OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biotypes; Northcentral Nigeria; Percent plant attacked; Resistance; Termites; Upland NERICA rice varieties

Indexed keywords

BIOTYPES; NIGERIA; PERCENT PLANT ATTACKED; TERMITES; UPLAND NERICA RICE VARIETIES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; LANDFORMS;

TERMITE RESISTANCE;

EID: 70350350308     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2009.3864.3869     Document Type: Article

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