Efficacy of selected plant extracts in the control of fungal dry rot of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) tubers in Kogi State

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-313

  Taiga, A ^a  

^a KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Efficacy on dry rot fungi; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

ALOE; ALOE VERA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; SERPULA LACRYMANS;

EID: 77049083141     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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