Categorisation of 10 sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) varieties for resistance to Meloidogyne spp. in organic field

Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 253-260

  Atungwu, Jonathan Jeremiah ^a   Ozuzu, Lawrence ^a   Tijjani, Ibrahim ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

biological control; cultural control; galls; organic crop management; root knot nematodes

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS; MELOIDOGYNE; NEMATODA;

EID: 84873857101     PISSN: 03235408     EISSN: 14772906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03235408.2012.738520     Document Type: Article

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