Resources Tagged: Crop Pests

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  1. KX2 'Ohana': A Forage Leueceana

    1997-07-19 The KX2 ‘Ohana’ leucaena is an interspecific cross ofLeucaena pallidaK636 andLeucaena leucocephalaK8 developed by the Hawaii Agriculture Research Centre (HARC) for resistance to the psyllid insect which has hurt leucaena production in many regions of the world.
    Crop Pests Agroforestry Leucaena

  2. 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.
    Biological Control Crop Pests Insects Pest Control

  3. 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

  4. Using Owls To Control Rats

    1996-10-19 In the eighties the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia introduced barn owls into an integrated pest management program.
    Crop Pests Owls Rats

  5. Iron Sulfate Molluscicide

    1993-10-19 Iron sulfate can be used to control slugs. Recent laboratory trials in England support the notion that iron sulfate is rapidly absorbed and is highly toxic to slugs.
    Crop Pests Organic Slugs

  6. Principaux Ennemis des Cultures de la Region des Grands Lacs d'Afrique Centrale

    1981-01-01 L'importance des pertes provoquées par les ennemis des cultures tant pendant leur croissance que pendant le stockage de la récoite est très mal connue en général, mais particulièrement dans la région qui nous préoccupe, celle des Grands Lacs de l'Afrique Centrale. Néanmoins, tout le monde...
    Crop Damage Crop Pests West Africa

  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. 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).
    Mice Crop Pests Rodents Rats Rice

  9. Managing birds in climbing beans - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Birds learn quickly and will come back, so regularly change the way you scare birds. All farmers in your community should plant their bean crop within a period of two weeks so that the beans are all growing at the same time, so most of the crop survives. By...
    Beans Crop Pests Crop Protection AccessAgriculture

  10. Integrated Management of the Fall Armyworm on Maize : A guide for Farmer Field Schools in Africa

    2021-01-06 127 pp. : ill. Gift of Dr Abram Bicksler Jan 25, 2023 Fall armyworm (FAW) - or Spodoptera frugiperda - is a dangerous transboundary pest native to the Americas that has been spreading rapidly in Africa since 2016, causing significant yield losses to crops. Farmer education and community action...
    Maize Crop Pests Agricultural Pests Africa