Resources Tagged: Pesticide

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  1. Cooking Oil Spray for Home Gardens

    1992-06-19 The U. S. Department of Agriculture is recommending that home gardeners use a cooking oil spray to control aphids, white flies and spider mites.Researchers claim that the oil spray is only about one-third as costly as commercial pesticides with equivalent effectiveness. Recipe for an oil and soap...
    aphids Biological Control Pest Control Organic Pesticide

  2. Mealybug Control

    1996-01-19 Information about controlling cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti) without commercial insecticides.
    Biological Control Mealybug Crop Pests Pesticide Cassava Pest Control

  3. Effect of Neem Leaf Extract on N-Fixing in Beans

    2009-04-01 In a recent publication of the Journal of Agronomy for Sustainable Development, researchers (Montes-Molina et al) found that the antibacterial properties of neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf extract significantly lower the soil population of the bacterium Rhizobium spp. in plantings of beans...
    Nitrogen Fixation Neem Natural Pesticides Rhyzobia Legume Pesticide

  4. Microbial Pesticide

    2015-01-28 An overview of various microbial pesticide options and how they are used.
    Integrated Pest Ma... Microbial Pesticide Natural Pesticides Asia

  5. Tropical Pesticides Research Institute (TPRI)

    Tropical Pesticides Research Institute (TPRI) started in the mid 1940’s when synthetic pesticides came into the market in East Africa and worldwide. Over the years, TPRI worked under colonial government, East Africa Common Services Organization (EACSO), East Africa Community (EAC) and currently...
    Pesticide East Africa

  6. Future harvest: Pesticide-free farming

    1994-01-01 From his own farming experience in Weeping Water, Nebraska, Jim Bender addresses in Future Harvest the crucial issues involved in developing a viable commercial pesticide-free farm with emphasis upon soil and water conservation. He examines the context of contemporary alternative agriculture,...
    Pesticide Organic Farming

  7. Tropical Pest Management

    1988-01-01 This contains pest management strategies for a wide variety of tropical pests. 247 pages, illustrated
    Pest Control Pests Pesticide

  8. Pesticides: compounds, use and hazards (2nd edition)

    2004-01-20 Agrimosa emphasizes that wherever possible, non-chemical protection measures are to be preferred. 108 p., illustrated
    Pesticide

  9. The pesticide manual: a world compendium

    We live in a changing world and the area of crop protection is no exception. Changes in governement policy, in legislation, the consolidation of the agrochemical industry and changes in societal attitudes to agriculture all combine to emphasise the need for an authoritative and independent...
    Pesticide

  10. Natural pesticides from the neem tree (Azadirochta indica A. Juss) and other tropical plants: proceedings of the Second International Neem Conference, Rauischholzhausen, Federal Republic of Germany, 25-28 May, 1983

    Included in this booklet are abstracts of the Second International Neem Conference.
    Pesticide Insecticidal Plants Neem