African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Effect of artificially-generated wind on removing guttation and dew droplets from rice leaf surface for controlling rice blast disease

Yoshihiro Taguchi
  • Yoshihiro Taguchi
  • Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, Japan.
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Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy
  • Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy
  • Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr Elsheikh 33516, Egypt.
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Mitsuro Hyakumachi*
  • Mitsuro Hyakumachi*
  • Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, Japan.
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  •  Received: 29 January 2014
  •  Accepted: 20 March 2015
  •  Published: 25 March 2015

How to cite this article

APA /
Yoshihiro Taguchi1, Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy2 and Mitsuro Hyakumachi1* (2015). Effect of artificially-generated wind on removing guttation and dew droplets from rice leaf surface for controlling rice blast disease. African Journal of Biotechnology , 14(12), 1039-1047.
Chicago /
Yoshihiro Taguchi, Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy and Mitsuro Hyakumachi. "Effect of artificially-generated wind on removing guttation and dew droplets from rice leaf surface for controlling rice blast disease." African Journal of Biotechnology 14, no. 12 (2015): 1039-1047.
MLA /
Yoshihiro Taguchi, Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy and Mitsuro Hyakumachi. "Effect of artificially-generated wind on removing guttation and dew droplets from rice leaf surface for controlling rice blast disease." African Journal of Biotechnology 14.12 (2015): 1039-1047.