Parasitic weed incidence and related economic losses in rice in Africa

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 235, Issue , 2016, Pages 306-317

  Rodenburg, Jonne ^a   Demont, Matty ^b   Zwart, Sander J ^c   Bastiaans, Lammert ^d  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Geographic distribution; Oryza sativa; Parasitic weeds; Rain fed rice; Rhamphicarpa; Stochastic impact assessment; Striga

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; PARASITIC PLANT; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RICE; SMALLHOLDER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; WEED; YIELD RESPONSE;

BURKINA FASO; CAMEROON; GUINEA; MADAGASCAR; MALI; NIGERIA; SIERRA LEONE; TANZANIA; UGANDA; UNITED STATES;

ORYZA SATIVA; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA ASPERA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 84995475594     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.10.020     Document Type: Article

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