Claim · model-written summary
Fortnightly applications of copper and sulphur fungicides gave large groundnut yield increases.
- Taxon
- groundnut
Arachis hypogaeae1 - Treatment
- fortnightly applications of copper and sulphur fungicidese1
- Outcome
- groundnut yielde1
- Direction
- increasese1
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Verbatim
e1“Large groundnut yield increases follow fortnightly applications of copper and sulphur fungicides but these were uneconomical except on one variety”
Title
Fungicidal Control of Plant Diseases in Malawi
D. C. M. Corbett; M. A. Siddiqi International Journal of Pest Management Part B 1966. doi:10.1080/05331846609438411
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