A risk-minimizing argument for traditional crop varietal diversity use to reduce pest and disease damage in agricultural ecosystem of Uganda

Much of the worlds' annual harvest loss to pests and diseases occurs as a consequence of crops grown in monocultures, or cultivated varieties with uniform resistance. This uniform resistance is met by the continuing evolution of new races of pests and pathogens that are able to overcome resistance g...

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Main Authors: Mulumba, J.V., Nankya, R., Adokorach, Joyce, Kiwuka, C., Fadda, Carlo, Santis, P. de, Jarvis, Devra I.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34628

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