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Resources Tagged: Crop Pests

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  1. Methods of Nematode Management

    2002-04-20 Plant-parasitic nematodes are a problem for farmers throughout the tropics and subtropics. Most species of nematodes are not actually plant or animal parasites, but the ones that are parasitic make up a small but important minority.
    Crop Pests Nematodes Pest Control

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. A Non-chemical Method of Rat Control for Rice Fields

    2006-10-20 A publication from ACIAR described a method of controlling rodents in lowland irrigated rice crops without the use of chemicals. The publication is a Research Note describing Community Trap Barrier Systems (CTBS).
    Crop Pests Rodents Rats Rice Mice

  6. Pick Those Podborers

    2004-07-01 Pigeon pea plants are shaken gently so that the pod borer larvae fall off. As the larvae fall, they are collected on a sheet that is pulled along the ground between the rows of plants. A few hens follow and eat the protein-rich larvae.
    Podborer Pests Integrated Pest Ma... Crop Pests Pest Control Biological Control

  7. Crop monitoring for early detection of insect pests

    2017-07-17 Insects and other pests can be a serious constraint to food production, especially where resources for pest management are scarce. For example, in EDN 133, we responded to a question about problems with tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta) in Nigeria. Heavy infestations of this pest alone can reduce...
    Insects Crop Pests Crop Record Crop Monitoring IPM Integrated Pest Ma... Pests

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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