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Resources Tagged: Biological Control

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  1. Controlling banana weevils - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Learn how to spot banana weevils, how to keep them out of new banana fields and how to trap them. Available languages Bambara Bangla Chichewa / Nyanja English Fon French Hindi Kikuyu Kinyarwanda / Kirundi Kiswahili Luganda Spanish Tamil Tumbuka Urdu
    Banana Pest Control Biological Control Integrated Pest Ma... AccessAgriculture Weevils

  2. Know Your Insects - Identification

    This key will to help you identify different insect orders. We are using many examples of insects found in Michigan, but the key will work anywhere. How the Key Works This is a dichotomous key, which means that at each step, you will have two choices. Juststart the keyand answer the simple...
    Insects Pest Control Biological Control

  3. Insect Pest Control Laboratory (IPCL)

    Customers worldwide are increasingly demanding agricultural produce free of pesticide residues and demand for biological pest control methods, including the sterile insect technique (SIT), is rapidly increasing. The environment-friendly SIT pest control method involves the mass rearing of the...
    Pest Control Biological Control

  4. Pest Management

    Insects and other pests can be a serious constraint to food production, especially where resources for pest management are scarce. For example, inEDN 133, we responded to a question about problems with tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta) in Nigeria. Heavy infestations of this pest alone can reduce...
    Pest Control Biological Control Natural Predators

  5. Additional Uses for Boric Acid

    2003-07-20 In addition to controlling termites, boric acid can be used to control cockroaches and ants.
    Pest Control Biological Control

  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. Simple Grasshopper and Locust Controls

    1996-10-19 Grasshoppers and locusts cause extensive damage to a wide variety of crops and can be persistent in gardens year after year. Several ideas for their control are presented.
    Crop Pests Insects Pest Control Biological Control

  8. Control of Mites in Honey Bees

    2001-10-20 Varroa mites (two strains of Varroa destructor), which parasitize the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) over much of the world, can seriously weaken and even kill honey bee colonies. Some possibilities for control are discussed.
    Insects Pest Control Biological Control Honeybee

  9. Prevention of Malaria with Insecticide-Treated Nets

    2000-06-20 Mosquito nets are effective in protecting people sleeping under them as long as the nets have no holes and people are not sleeping up against them. However, a mosquito will continue searching until it finds a way in or finds part of the body that is against the net where it can bite through....
    Mosquito Nets Malaria Pest Control Biological Control

  10. Leaf Cutter Ant Control with Sweet Potato

    2000-03-20 A method to protect gardens from leaf cutter ants (Atta sp.) using sweet potatoes.
    Ants Pest Control Biological Control