An effective integrated crop management strategy for enhanced maize production in tropical agroecosystems prone to gray leaf spot

Crop Protection

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-63

  Lyimo, H J F ^a   Pratt, R C ^b   Mnyuku, Reuben S O W ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercospora zeae maydis; Gray leaf spot; Intercropping; Minimum tillage; Zea maydis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWING SEASON; INOCULATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOVEMENT; SOIL SURFACE; SPORE; TILLAGE; YIELD RESPONSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERCOSPORA ZEAE-MAYDIS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865324411     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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