An appraisal of the traditional post-harvest pest management methods in Northeast Indian uplands

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 536-543

  Sinha, Bikramjit ^a,b  

^a National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies ^*  (India)

^b National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies India   (India)

Author keywords

Northeast India; Post harvest; Repellent; Rodenticide; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149405289     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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