Resources Tagged: Crop Pests

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  1. What about Hippos?

    2005-07-20 On the banks of Lake Victoria and Lake Malawi and at river edges in Eastern and Central Africa, hippos are a major garden pest.
    Crop Pests Living Fence

  2. National Plant Diagnostic Network

    The NPDN was established in 2002 in response to the need to enhance agricultural security through protecting health and productivity of plants in agricultural and natural ecosystems in the U.S. With support from the USDA-NIFA and through the collective efforts of many individuals representing...
    Plant Disease Pest Control Crop Pests Plant Pathology

  3. Millipede Damage after First Rains

    2018-04-27 This article shares experienceswith milipede damage on cropsfrom network memberNoah Elhardt inSenegal and Bill Stough in Uganda. It also shares some potential control measures from a thesis by Ernst Ebregt.
    Biological Control Pest Management Pest Control Crop Protection Crop Pests Milipede

  4. Invasion of the Fall Armyworm

    2018-04-27 Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a common pest in the Western Hemisphere affecting many commercial crops, most importantly maize. This voracious Lepidoptera (grouping of insects that includes butterflies and moths) was first detected in Central and Western Africa in 2016 and has quickly...
    IPM Integrated Pest Ma... Pest Management Pest Control Armyworm Crop Pests East Africa West Africa

  5. Enthusiasm for SRI (System of Rice Intensification)

    2001-04-20 Some feedback from an article about the System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
    Crop Pests SRI Rice

  6. Highlights of Dr. Brewbaker’s Leucaena Tree and Sweet Corn Breeding Programs

    2008-04-20 We were privileged to have Dr. James Brewbaker as a speaker at our annual conference in November 2007. As a plant breeder at the University of Hawaii, Dr. Brewbaker has devoted many years of scholarly research to the leucaena tree and to sweet corn. He has always had a strong interest in ways...
    Crop Pests Agroforestry Leucaena Legume Sweet Corn

  7. Introducing a New Crop: Reasons Why Seeds Fail

    2009-07-20 Many of you have graciously taken the time to fill out the seed harvest report form that accompanies each mailing of seeds from our seed bank. In reading reports from people in our network, we want to learn whether the seeds we are sending out have improved the lives of poor small-holder farmers....
    Abelmoschus caillei Crop Pests Rural Development Seeds Moringa Amaranth Sorghum Maize Psophocarpus tetra... Sauropus androgynus Muntingia calabura Vigna unguiculata Brassica carinata

  8. Keeping Monkeys Out of the Garden

    1992-04-01 Sunn Hemp is an option for keeping monkeys out of your garden.
    Crop Pests Mammals Sunn Hemp Legume

  9. Striga Controlled in Pearl Millet by Intercropping With Cowpea

    1996-01-19 The parasiticweed Striga hermonthica is a major problem in African millet fields. International Agricultural Development (Jan/Feb 1994) reports that dense intercropping of cowpea in millet stands can reduce Striga emergence.
    Weed Control Crop Pests Parasites

  10. How Do I Keep Birds Out of the Garden?

    1995-03-19 Several ideas for discouraging birds from fields.
    Crop Pests Birds