A survey of plants used by rural small-scale farmers to control pests of cabbage in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Background: Resource-poor small-scale farmers often cannot afford the high prices of chemical insecticides to control pests on crops; as a result, some use botanical insecticides.   Aim: The aim of the study was to document ethnobotanical pest control methods used by rural small-scale farmers to c...

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Main Authors: Nolitha L. Skenjana, Maxwell A. Poswal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Medicinal Plants for Economic Development
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Online Access:https://jomped.org/index.php/jomped/article/view/57