Integrated management of Striga hermonthica and cereal stemborers in finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) through intercropping with Desmodium intortum

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-151

  Midega, Charles A O ^a   Khan, Zeyaur R ^a   Amudavi, David M ^a,b   Pittchar, Jimmy ^a   Pickett, John A ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Desmodium intortum; Economic returns; Finger millet; Intercropping; Stemborer; Striga hermonthica

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTERCROPPING; MONOCULTURE; PARASITIC PLANT; PEST CONTROL; PEST DAMAGE; PEST SPECIES; SEASONAL VARIATION;

KENYA;

DESMODIUM; DESMODIUM INTORTUM; ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE CORACANA; STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 77951438137     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670870903248843     Document Type: Article

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