Effect of scab disease on the yield of intercrop systems of cowpea maize and sorghum

O. O. Alabi
Department of crop Protection, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, P. M. B. 1044, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
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A. M. Emechebe

A. M. Emechebe
Department of crop Protection, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, P. M. B. 1044, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
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M. B. Bambot

M. B. Bambot
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Traditional Pharmacopoea, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon
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M. D. Alegbejo

M. D. Alegbejo
Department of crop Protection, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, P. M. B. 1044, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
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Article Number - 6A60CC058065
Vol.11(15), pp. 1394-1397 , April 2016
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2013-7131

Received: 28 March 2013
Accepted: 20 November 2015
Published: 14 April 2016

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