Mango Farmers’ Perception on the Effect of Fruit Flies Infestation

Subject Areas : Extension of Sustainability

Sijuwade Adebayo ¹ , Robert UddinII ² , Ajoke Kayode ³ , Adetayo Abdulsalam ⁴

1 - Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin
2 - Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin
3 - Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin
4 - Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin

Received: 2021-09-13 Accepted : 2022-04-23 Published : 2021-12-01

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