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  1. Natural Pest and Disease Control

    Key Resource 1995-01-01 This book is a must reading for all farmers and gardeners in southern Africa region- small scale, large-scale, commercial and subsistance farmers alike. This book aims to return us to a new co-operation with nature by offering a number of tried and tested methods to establish a long-term healthy...
    Integrated Pest Ma... IPM

  2. Controlling Crop Pests and Diseases

    Key Resource 1992-07-24 Part of a series, this book is written principally for extension staff and other agricultural development officers, teachers and trainers who act in a similar capacity. Each book provides the background, information and knowledge necessary for a basic understanding of an aspect of agriculture,...
    Integrated Pest Ma... IPM Pest Management

  3. Protecting Maize with “Weeds”

    2002-10-01 A habitat management system to control stemborers and striga has been developed by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), along with Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture, the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), and IACR-Rothamsted of the UK. The system is called a...
    IPM Integrated Pest Ma... Crop Pests Maize

  4. Partial Control of Bacterial Wilt of Tomato with Chinese Chives

    2002-10-01 We recently learned of a simple technique that may reduce bacterial wilt in tomatoes. Interplanting (or pre-planting) Chinese chive with tomato results in allelopathic suppression of the organism responsible for bacterial wilt. Bacterial wilt is a disease that affects many different crops,...
    Pest Management Intercropping IPM Integrated Pest Ma...

  5. Can Biological Control Really Work

    2011-01-20
    IPM East Africa

  6. Mass trapping of fruit flies - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Pheromones attract and help to kill the males, so they cannot mate with the females. And without mating, female fruit flies will not be able to lay eggs. To attract and kill the male flies with pheromones, you need to use traps to protect the products from the...
    AccessAgriculture IPM Integrated Pest Ma... Fruit Fly

  7. Collecting Fallen Fruit Against Fruit Flies - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video One fruit fly can lay a few hundred eggs during her life. Fruit flies puncture the skin of fruit to lay their eggs, which cause the fruit to drop prematurely and rot. The worms that hatch from these eggs leave the spoilt fruit after one week and crawl into the...
    AccessAgriculture Fruit Fly Farm Management IPM Integrated Pest Ma...

  8. 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

  9. Killing Fruit Flies with Food Baits - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Food baits can be used as a spot spray or in bait stations. Fruit flies can detect food baits over short distances, up to 10 metres. Some baits contain a natural insecticide that is allowed in organic fruit production. Available languages Bangla Dioula English...
    Fruit IPM Pest Control Biological Control AccessAgriculture

  10. Weaver ants against fruit flies - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video It takes a few minutes for a fruit fly to find a suitable spot on the mango and inject her eggs under the skin of the fruit. But even in that short time, the weaver ants will have either chased her away or have captured her. Their scent also helps. When other...
    IPM Integrated Pest Ma... Fruit Fly AccessAgriculture