EFFECT OF SEED TREATMENT WITH SYNTHETIC PESTICIDES AND CASSIA ALATA EXTRACT ON FIELD PERFORMANCE OF NSUKKA YELLOW PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUM)
ABSTRACT Field experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research farm of the Department of Crop Science, University of Nigeria Nsukka to compare the activity of Cassia alata leaf extract with two synthetic chemical fungicides applied as seed treatment on the field performance of Nsukka yellow pepper. Four accessions of Nsukka yellow pepper seeds were treated with Apron plus 50 Ds (34% furathiocarb + 10% metalaxyl + 6% carboxine) and ...
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