Microclimate modification using eco-friendly nets for high-quality tomato transplant production by small-scale farmers in East Africa

HortTechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-298

  Gogo, Elisha O ^a   Saidi, Mwanarusi ^a   Itulya, Francis M ^a   Martin, Thibaud ^b   Ngouajio, Mathieu ^c  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b Campus international de Baillarguet   (France)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lycopersicon esculentum; Nursery production; Pest exclusion; Seedling emergence; Seedling growth; Solanum lycopersicum; Stand establishment

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84863225173     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.22.3.292     Document Type: Article

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