The role of allelopathy in agricultural pest management

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 493-506

  Farooq, Muhammad ^a   Jabran, Khawar ^a   Cheema, Zahid A ^a   Wahid, Abdul ^a   Siddique, Kadambot Hm ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Allelochemicals; Cover crops; Crop rotation; Diseases; Environment; Insect pests; Mulching; Weeds

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALLELOCHEMICAL; ALLELOPATHY; COVER CROP; CROP ROTATION; ECOTYPE; HERBICIDE; MULCHING; PEST CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACT; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; HERBICIDES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT WEEDS; WEED CONTROL;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79953759787     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2091     Document Type: Review

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