Evaluation of contact fungicide spray regimes for control of late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in southern ethiopia using potato cultivars with different levels of host resistance

Tropical Plant Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-27

  Mekonen, Shiferaw ^a   Alemu, Tameru ^b   Kassa, Bekele ^c   Forbes, Greg ^d  

^a Awassa Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^d INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

Author keywords

Oomycetes; Plant disease control; Reduced fungicide; Resistant varieties; Resource poor farmers

Indexed keywords

OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79957468295     PISSN: 19825676     EISSN: 19832052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1982-56762011000100003     Document Type: Article

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