Striga infestation in northern Cameroon: Magnitude, dynamics and implications for management

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-165

  Ayongwa, G C ^a,b   Stomph, T J ^a   Hoevers, R ^a   Ngoumou, T N ^c   Kuyper, T W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IRAD   (Cameroon)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Crop production constraint; Farmers' priority; Field survey; Soil fertility; Weeding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; FALLOW; FIELD SURVEY; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MAIZE; MANURE; PARASITIC PLANT; SOIL FERTILITY; SORGHUM; WEED CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

CAMEROON;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955417797     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.njas.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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