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Pest Management

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 yields by 80 to 100% (Gebremariam 2015). The following  resources continue an effort to strengthen our informational resources on pest monitoring and management.

  1. ECHO Asia Research: Local treatments and vacuum sealing as novel control strategies for stored seed pests in the tropics

    2017-03-22 Seed conservation under tropical climates is a great challenge when usual storage technology is lacking. Seed pests and the loss of seed viability are among the main risks faced by farmers and seed banks. ScientistsLawrence et. al.recently found that vacuum sealing significantly reduces stored...
    Bruchids Vacuum Sealing Lablab Seed Treatment Seed Storage Germplasm Asia

  2. Stinging chaya, fruits for high rainfall areas and exotic leaf miner problem in Nigerian tomatoes

    2016-10-18 Cory Thede, working on the north coast of Haiti, sent a note about a local chaya plant with a lower branch that mutated to a wild stinging type. He commented, “After I backed up against it, it gave me an itchy rash on my arm for about a week. The upper branch is regular and almost spineless.” He...
    Tropical Lowlands Integrated Pest Ma... Pest Management Chaya Fruit Tree Crops Tropical Fruit Insect control

  3. Sudanese Experience with Neem to Control Pests

    1991-12-19 The following are abstracted from an article in the magazine Baobab, #5, 1990. They in turn learned it from "The Farming World" of BBC World Service. First a review. You have read in previous issues of EDN and probably elsewhere about this tree's use in insect control. There are many active...
    Neem Insect control Pest Control

  4. Insecticide-treated Nets for Malaria Control: a Directory of Suppliers of Insecticides and Mosquito Nets for sub-Saharan Africa

    2001-10-20 InEDNissue 68, we published an article on treating bednets with insecticide for the prevention of malaria. This is a technique which is currently being widely promoted throughout the developing world. It seems very effective when compared to other low-cost methods of malaria prevention. Since...
    Malaria

  5. Borates for the Control of Termites

    2003-07-20 An article in the March 1998 issue of The IPM Practitioner featured the use of borates to protect wood against termites, wood-boring beetles, carpenter ants and decay fungi.
    Pest Control Termites

  6. Kerosene Emulsifiable Concentrate Insecticide

    1998-02-19 Kerosene Emulsifiable Concentrate is an insecticide (at times it acts as a fungicide) which has a very wide spectrum as far as dealing with various insects is concerned.
    Organic Insect control Pest 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. New Research: A comparison of three insect monitoring traps

    2016-12-14 Insect pests can cause substantial crop losses or even complete crop failure. An insect monitoring strategy helps farmers make informed, timely pest-management decisions. Scouting is an important part of any monitoring approach, but it is probably not practical to walk through fields or gardens...

  9. Tithonia diversifolia as a termite repellent for protecting fruit trees in Central African Republic

    2005-01-20 Report on experience using Tithonia diversifolia as a termite repellent for protecting fruit trees in Central African Republic.
    Insects Fruit Trees Pest Control

  10. 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...
    Insect control Organic aphids Pesticide

  11. Vermicompost Tea Sprays for Controlling Disease in Cucumis sativus ‘Marketmore 76’

    2011-06-20 Vermicompost contains significant numbers of biological organisms capable of suppressing plant diseases on leaf surfaces. This study, done at ECHO in southwest Florida during the spring of 2011, was conducted to evaluate the potential of foliar-applied vermicompost teas for plant disease...
    Cucumber Vermicompost Natural Farming

  12. Poster - CO2 and Biogas Applications for Controlling Pests in Seeds

    2017-11-01 Insect pests can result in substantial losses of stored seed. In West Africa, cowpea bruchids (Callasobruchus maculatus) caused up to 100 percent damage of cowpea seeds stored for a few months (Sallam 1999). Primary pests are those that, in larval stage, feed within intact kernels. Others, such...

  13. Additional Uses for Boric Acid

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

  14. Suggestions to Help Agroforesters Reduce Seedling Losses From Termites.

    1994-04-19 See List. Research is currently in progress on another, novel, approach to control of subterranean termites [whichrely on fungi to make suitable food from decaying vegetation carried into the colony]. This approach is to apply fungicides to deprive them of their major food source by controlling...
    Agroforestry Termites Fungicide

  15. Suppressing Varroa Mites In Bee Hives

    1997-11-19 Preliminary research done by the USDAsuggests that the smoke of grapefruit leaves may help control varroa mites, which parasitize bees.
    Livestock Honeybees Insect control

  16. 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....
    Insect control Mosquito Nets Malaria

  17. Fly Control for Cattle

    1999-03-19 Horn flies have been controlled with insecticides in the U.S. since the early 1950s. An alternative, mechanical means of control (horn fly trap) was developed prior to World War II, but this never made its way into mainstream agriculture because of the growing use of pesticides following the war....
    Livestock Insect control Pest Control cattle

  18. 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

  19. Neem for Sustainable Pest Management and Environmental Conservation

    2015-06-15 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #24 Increased awareness of the potential of neem tree by creating awareness of its potential would go a long way in promoting its acceptance for pest management and improvement of plant health, animal health, human health, and environmental health.
    Neem Asia

  20. 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 Insect control Pest Control

  21. 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 Honeybees Insect control

  22. Echos From Our Network - EDN 42

    1993-10-19 ECHO's name symbolizes ideas, information and seeds "echoing" back and forth between ourselves and our overseas network. We owe much of our effectiveness to you. There are many examples in this issue. The most difficult editing decision is always which material to delay. We have enough material...
    Termites Green Manures Insect control Leucaena Insecticide Fish Bean Tephrosia Grain Storage

  23. Neem for Sustainable Pest Management and Environmental Conservation

    2015-06-15 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #24 Increased awareness of the potential of neem tree by creating awareness of its potential would go a long way in promoting its acceptance for pest management and improvement of plant health, animal health, human health, and environmental health.
    Asia

  24. The Encyclopedia of Natural Insect and Disease Control

    Key Resource 1984-05-01 Suggests techniques for preventing diseases and pest damage, describes the problems that can develop with each kind of fruit and vegetable, and describes specific remedies. 2 Copies
    Plants-Protection of Organic gardening Garden pests

  25. SAWBO - Natural Insecticide from Neem Seeds

    Naturally occurring insecticidal compounds can be extracted from neem seeds and sprayed onto crops to prevent pest insect damage. This 2 minute and 33 second animation explains how to sort neem fruits, dry them, remove their outer shells, sort the seeds, grind them, mix the powder in water,...
    Neem SAWBO Insecticide

  26. Fruit Fly Trap Made From Basil

    1994-04-19 “In Keralea (southern India) fruit fly (Dacus dorsalis and D. cucurbitae) incidence is severe in mango trees. P. Reghunath and M. Indira describe a low-cost technology to combat this insect pest.”
    Fruit Fly

  27. Sustainable Agriculture Book - Chapter 15 Insect Habitat

    2005-01-20 Insect habitat is Fundamental #9. Insects populate and bring stability to your system if you allow the predators and beneficial species a place to live. Plant insect habitat for beneficial species and bait crops for the bad guys. Many pest problems can be minimized with habitat that promotes...

  28. Collards Can Protect Cabbage From Diamondback Caterpillars

    1999-07-19 The diamondback caterpillar,Plutella xylostella, (larva of amoth) is a very serious pest of cabbage and other crops. When highly fertilized collard greens (B. oleracea, Acephala Group), a related vegetable, are planted completely around a field, moths lay their eggs on the collards rather than on...
    Insects Insect control Trap Crop Pest Control Organic

  29. Sustainable Agriculture Book - Appendix 3 Foliar_Fertilizer_Sprays

    2005-01-20 With all the instant gratification available to the consumer these days, nature seems to take a long time. Stabilizing your soil, pasture and livestock areas don’t happen over night. Nevertheless, Microbial Management with foliar sprays and fertilizers can help in the transition.

  30. From the ECHO Research Blog: Can carbon dioxide be used for control pests in seeds?

    2017-09-26

  31. Biopest Handout

    2015-01-28 An overview of the workshop topics including integrated pest management, natural herbicides, Beuveria, Trichoderma, etc. Translated from Thai to English.
    Integrated Pest Ma... Natural Herbicides Asia

  32. 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

  33. Production of Beuvaria as an Integrated Pest Management Method

    2016-02-02 In this talk, Kittichai gives an overview of integrated pest management (IPM) and one IPM technique, the use of fungi beuveria as a natural insecticide. Kittichai shares how beuveria can be replicated and used in community development projects
    Asia

  34. Local Treatments and Vacuum Sealing as Novel Control Strategies for Stored Seed Pests in the Tropics

    Agronomy for Sustainable Development Brian Lawrence, Abram Bicksler, Kimberly Duncan Abstract : Prevention of pests while maintaining viable seed during storage is often challenging for smallholder farmers in the tropics and subtropics. Investment in costly technologies or storage equipment is...
    Bruchids Vacuum Sealing Lablab Stored seed pests Seed Storage Crop Diversity Germplasm

  35. Producing Food Without Pesticides

    Reviewed by Kristin Davis In EDN 64-5 we reviewed a report from Lowell Fuglie of the Church World Service in Senegal on his successful project with Moringa oleifera. He has published another book with CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU) on natural crop protection...
    Organic Natural Herbicides Natural Pesticides Plant Health

  36. Pests and diseases of tropical crops

    Key Resource 1988-01-01 This book is designed as a textbook but can also be used by field workers as a handbook for identitfication of crop pests and diseases. Pests and diseases are listed under each of forty major crops.
    Plant Pathology Pests Tropical crops-Dis... Tropical crops-Dis...

  37. Controlling Crop Pests and Diseases by Rosalyn Rappaport

    Key Resource 1992-07-24 Amazon.com Description 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...
    Integrated Pest Ma... IPM Pest Management

  38. 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

  39. Intercropping for Pest Control

    2012-07-01 “Push-pull” is an intercropping strategy that protects maize and other grain crops against maize stemborer insect larvae (Chilo partellus) and a parasitic weed called striga (Striga hermonthica). In eastern and southern Africa, these pests have caused huge losses in maize and sorghum yields....
    Push-pull Intercropping Pest Management

  40. 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...
    Insect control Pest Control

  41. 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...
    Insect control Insects

  42. Controlling whitefly in tomato

    Tomato is a valuable crop in Eastern Africa, but the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) can cause large crop losses if it is not controlled. In this video produced by the World Vegetable Center for the VINESA project, researcherSamail Njauexplains how to identify whitefly, use pest management methods such...
    Tomatoes Whitefly East Africa

  43. Insect Identification for the Casual Observer

    Insects

  44. Bending over the maize - video

    AccessAgriculture Training Video A traditional Central American practice is to bend over the maize stalk to help dry the maize and to protect it from disease and pest damage. If you do this at just the right time, you will harvest more. Maize grains keep growing until a black spot appears at the...
    Maize AccessAgriculture Latin America and ...

  45. Controlling banana weevils - video

    AccessAgriculture Training Video Learn how to spot banana weevils, how to keep them out of new banana fields and how to trap them. English French Tamil
    Banana Insect control AccessAgriculture Weevils

  46. Insect nets in seedbeds - video

    AccessAgriculture Training Video Grasshoppers and snails can be a serious problem for any vegetable seedbed as they chew the tender stems of seedlings. Caterpillars can also cause damage, but more so on tomato and cabbage than on chilli.To protect their young crops many farmers use pesticides....
    Insect control AccessAgriculture East Africa West Africa

  47. Managing vegetable nematodes - video

    AccessAgriculture Training Video Nematodes are dreadful worms that live in the soil and in the roots of many different crops and weeds. Nematodes are easier to prevent than to control. The secret is to: grow healthy seedlings; destroy all sources of nematodes in and near your vegetable field;...
    Nematodes AccessAgriculture

  48. How to control fall armyworms using organic methods

    The fall armyworm is a heavy feeder that quickly destroys the maize crop. It can destroy an entire crop if it is not controlled on time. It can spread fast, and can fly over 30 kilometres in one night assisted by the wind. The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) derives the name from its’...
    Armyworm East Africa

  49. Nematropica

    The Journal of Nematology is the official publication of the Society of Nematologists (SON) and publishes original papers on all aspects of basic, applied, descriptive, theoretical or experimental nematology. Other categories of papers include invited reviews, abstracts of papers presented at...
    Journal Nematodes

  50. Strategies for Reducing Wildlife Damage in Orchards

    When choosing a control strategy, an understanding of the behavior and ecology of the pest species is helpful. Past techniques which have ignored these facets of a species' biology often have failed. In addition, an understanding of the pest population as a dynamic, constantly changing group of...
    Marmots Microtus pennsylva... Microtus pinetorum White-Tailed Deer

  51. The Green methods manual: the original bio-control primer

    This book includes a discussion of bio-control agents, a gallery of bugs, and products that can be used as part of a bio-control plan.
    Plant Parasites-Bi... Insect & Pests-Bio...

  52. The chemistry and mode of action of herbicides

    Weeds have always been expensive pests; estimates for total weed losses in the US are always in the billions of dollars. With the modern developments and the increasing prices of land, these costs are ever climbing. This makes the low cost weed control methods of today very attractive to farmers,...
    Herbicides

  53. The physiology and biochemistry of herbicides

    it is hoped that one of the important functions of this book will be to promote interest in, and some understanding of, the fundamental actions of herbicides and to point out the need for basic studies in plant physiology and biochemistry as an obligate step in the design of herbicides with newer...
    Herbicides

  54. Scat: pest-proofing your garden

    Suggestions for protecting plants presented on the following pages cover a wide range. Undoubtedly you will find some of the methods more useful than others. The tricks that deter one gardener's predators may not faze the animals that are ruining your crop.
    Garden pests Garden Pests-Control

  55. Eradication strategy for maize downy mildew: proceedings of an African conference and workshop

    The conference was organized to focus attention on the campaign roles and responsibilities of international and national agencies which took part at the outset. To highlight the importance of the problem, the farmers themselves gave accounts of how they have lost entire maize crops to downy...
    Nigeria Corn-Diseases & Pe... Downy MIldew Diseases

  56. Handbook on biological control of plant pests.

    In this book you can learn about means of eliminating or drastically decreasing insect pests by 'biological control," that is, through the introduction of their natural enemies--other insects which act as parasites or predators and, in sufficient numbers, will destroy the enemy--or, by the...
    Agricultural Pests Pests-Biological C...

  57. Growing healthy vegetable crops: working with nature to control diseases and pests organically

    Part of the NOFA Guides. Includes information on: Basic concepts of pest control (host susceptibility, soil health, genetic resistance, ecosystem factors) Practical approaches (crop cultural practices, rescue treatments, special section on mammals and birds, food safety) Farm design for pest...
    Vegetables-DIsease... Vegetables-Disease...

  58. Rodents and rice: report and proceedings of an Expert Panel Meeting on Rice Rodent Control, Los Banos, Sept. 10-14, 1990

    These papers summarized research efforts, described programs, identified problems with extension of rodent control technology, and outlined some new work, such as biological control, that may lead to more effective ways to reduce rice losses and the impact of rodents on community well-being.
    Rice-Diseases & Pe... Rodents-Control

  59. The organic way to plant protection

    A complete garden reference on controlling insects and plant diseases without pesticides. Over 800 garden problems corrected, scores of garden plants considered, and many identifying drawings and helpful photographs. 2 Copies
    Plant Diseases Organic gardening Insects Pests-Control Beneficial Insects

  60. Rat Control in the South Pacific

    1968-01-01 This booklet describes three species of rat, their habits, and how best to control them in the home, warehouse, and among cultivated crops. SPC Handbook no. 1 40 pages, illustrated, photos
    Rats-Control

  61. Rodent pests and their control

    This book provides a comprehensive review of rodent pests and their control.
    Rodents-Control

  62. Field guide: Insect Pests of Selected Vegetables in Tropical and Subtropical Asia

    This is a pictorial field guide containing information on the major insect pests causing damage to onion, garlic, shallot, chives, tomato, chili pepper, mungbean, soybean, sweet potato, and various crucifer crops in the Asian tropical and subtropical regions. It is specifically designed for...
    Vegetalbes-Disease... Asia Insect pests

  63. Methods for evaluating plant fungicides, nematicides, and bactericides

    1978-01-01 This volume is intended as a reference for those who investigate chemicals as plant disease and nematode control agents, students, technical personnel, government officials, and others who may be interested in the procedures used to test new chemicals.
    Nematocides-Testing Bactericides-Testing Fungicides-Testing

  64. Fundamentals of pesticides: a self-instruction guide

    This book explains pesticides to the layment--to give an appreciation for the present state of this segment of chemical art and science. The entries are not restricted to a bare definition: some information about most of the pesticides named is given, so as to convey something of their...
    Pesticides Pesitices-Application Pesticides-Toxicology Pests-Control

  65. Low Oxygen Methods for Insect Control in Seeds

    2020-01-27 This article summarizes several methods with which I have experimented to control various types of weevils in stored seed. Seed containers can range in size from small jars to barrels/drums, but must be airtight for these techniques to work. The techniques are relevant for seeds being stored for...
    Seed Storage Seed Saving Seed technology Seed Treatment Stored seed pests Seed Systems Pests-Control Pest Control-Tropics

  66. Three DIY Bug Traps That Actually Work - Popular Science

    Uninvited guests at your summer cookout can be real pests. So get rid of your annoying insect visitors with a DIY bug trap. But bear in mind that not all the traps you find on the Internet work. Connelly and Ty Ashcraft, an exterminator at Holistic Pet Solutions in Charlotte, North Carolina,...
    Mosquitoes Fruit Fly Stink Bug

  67. Micro-gardens Class 7 Pests in the Garden

    Peggy Bradley This is class 7 in the Micro-garden Training and concerns controlling pests with natural means.
    Organoponics Hydroponics Pest Management

  68. Livestock Veterinary Entomology - Texas A&M

    Insects/Pests Ectoparasite control can be one of the most expensive and time consuming parts of being a livestock farmer. It is important to raise healthy animals for food and supplies. When working hard to prevent and fight ectoparasites from harming livestock, many factors need to be...

  69. Sustainable agro ecological crops pest management using botanical pesticides & IPM

    Session:There exists a perfect synergy between research and community perceptions and expectations in agro-ecology. Farmer involvement provides evidence-based research questions and fosters in-depth research and constructive findings for the society. The presentation shares strategies for farmer...
    East Africa

  70. Managing Termites in Conservation Agriculture

    Mike Salomons, Canadian Foodgrains Bank Agriculture & Livelihoods Technical Advisor Over 1,000 different species of termites can be found across the continent of Africa! Termites are the longest living insects in the world, with some queens living as long as 50 years. The termite queen, king,...
    Termites Conservation Agric...

  71. Applied R&D for Coffee Leaf Rust

    The Central American rust epidemic uncovered dire inefficiencies in disease monitoring and farm-level resources for coping with disease. World Coffee Research is focusing on applied research around plant genetics and farm management, including the need to provide farmers with better guidance on...
    Coffee Latin America and ...

  72. Insect Management on Organic Farms

    Insect management presents a challenge to organic farmers. Insects are highly mobile and well adapted to farm production systems and pest control tactics. On organic farms, where the focus is on managing insects rather than eliminating them, success depends on learning about three kinds of...
    Organic Insect control

  73. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

    icipe'smission is to help alleviate poverty, ensure food security and improve the overall health status of peoples of the tropics, by developing and extending management tools and strategies for harmful and useful arthropods, while preserving the natural resource base through research and...
    Insects Entomology

  74. Sustainable agro ecological crops pest management using botanical pesticides & IPM

    2019-02-13 Session: There exists a perfect synergy between research and community perceptions and expectations in agro-ecology. Farmer involvement provides evidence-based research questions and fosters in-depth research and constructive findings for the society. The presentation shares strategies for farmer...
    East Africa

  75. Good microbes for plants and soil - video

    AccessAgriculture Training Video In this video, we will learn about a solution that boosts the crop’s growth, and at the same time protects the crop from pests and diseases. Soil contains many kinds of living things, including microbes that enrich the soil, and protect plants from diseases....
    Microbial Inoculants AccessAgriculture

  76. Leafcutter ants are in a chemical arms race against a behaviour-changing fungus

    On the face of it, a leafcutter ant’s nest is a perfect picture of harmonious relationships. Worker ants go out to forage for fresh leaf material that they use togrow a fungus(Leucoagaricus gonglyophorous). In return for a mulchy compost of fresh leaves, the fungus breaks down the plant material...
    Leaf Cutter Fungi

  77. Control of Leaf-Cutter Ants

    1994-10-19 ECHO was contacted with a vivid description of problems of leaf-cutter ants in Guyana. The farmers even tried building water filled moats around plants but the ants built leaf bridges and crossed right over. Jack bean and Sesame may help control leaf-cutter ants.
    Crop Pests Jackbean Sesame Pest Control

  78. Pesticide Action Network (PAN) North America

    At Pesticide Action Network (PAN) North America, we work to create a just, thriving food system. For too long, pesticide and biotech corporations have dictated how we grow food, placing the health and economic burdens of pesticide use on farmers, farmworkers and rural communities. PAN works with...
    Pest Management Key Resource

  79. SAWBO - Biocontrol of Legume Pod Borer (Maruca vitrata)

    The Legume pod borer,Maruca vitrata, causes significant damage to cowpeas in West Africa. Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is considered the most important food grain legume in the dry savannas of tropical Africa, where it is grown on more than 12.8 million hectares of land. The pod borer is a serious...
    Biocontrol SAWBO Legume Podborer

  80. Pest Management Strategies for Selected Highlands Crops

    2018-02-08 Speaker Bio: Marites A. Alimurung is from La Trinidad, Benguet. She is one of the researchers at Baguio National Crop Research Development and Production Support Center (BNCRDPSC) at the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture, Philippines. She is currently involved in organic...
    Highland Farming Environmental Mana... Asia

  81. Snail and slug control

    Pest snails and slugs damage plant seeds, seedlings, underground tubers, leaves and fruit. Damage to seedlings often results in the death of the plant, which means major production losses. This web article looks at methods of lessening snail and slug damage usingcultural, chemical andbiological...
    Snails Slugs Pest Control

  82. Effective worm control - video

    AccessAgriculture Training Video This video examines ways of reducing worm and fluke infestation in African livestock. There is advice on how to break the worm cycle and treat animals with reliable drugs.
    Livestock Roundworm Tapeworm Liverfluke AccessAgriculture East Africa West Africa

  83. CABI eLearning - PestSmart Diagnostics

    The PestSmart Diagnostics package focuses specifically on the skills and methodologies required for field-based diagnosis. It helps plant health practitioners and students to develop and improve their ability to recognise symptoms, relate them to causes, and to identify what is causing the...
    Pest Control

  84. DDT in the Tropics The Impact on Wildlife in Zimbabwe of Ground-Spraying for Tsetse Fly Control

    1994-01-01 The environment impact of DDT used in ground-spraying operations to eradicate tsetse flies from north western Zimbabwe was assessed in field studies between 1987-1991 and reported in this publication. The effects are reversible, probably within 10-20 years, and are less serious than those caused...
    DDT-Environmental DDT-Physiological ... Zimbabwe

  85. CABI Plantwise Factsheet App

    Android iOS Wherever you are, browse your library of clear, practical and safe advice for tackling crop problems. Download factsheets for your country* and use them anytime, on or offline. Plantwise is a global programme, led by CABI, to increase food security and improve rural livelihoods by...
    App Android iOS Crop Protection Pest Management CABI

  86. Efficacy of local neem extracts for sustainable malaria vector control in an African village

    Abstract,Malaria Journal, 2008 Larval control of malaria vectors has been historically successful in reducing malaria transmission, but largely fell out of favour with the introduction of synthetic insecticides and bed nets. However, an integrated approach to malaria control, including larval...
    Neem Malaria

  87. CABI Plant Pest Diagnostic Tool

    We are focused on providing the best user experience we can, helping you to discover answers to your inquiries quickly, effectively and precisely. We have a range of content on the Plantwise Knowledge Bank, including, posters, leaflets, video factsheets, etc. For ease of use, we have categorised...
    Pest Management CABI West Africa East Africa Asia Latin America and ...

  88. CABI Plantwise Knowledgebank

    We are focused on providing the best user experience we can, helping you to discover answers to your inquiries quickly, effectively and precisely. We have a range of content on thePlantwise Knowledge Bank, including, posters, leaflets, video factsheets, etc. For ease of use, we have categorised...
    Pest Control CABI West Africa East Africa Asia Latin America and ...

  89. The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control: A Complete Guide to Maintaining a Healthy Garden and Yard the Earth-Friendly Way

    2009-01-01 With growing consumer awareness about the dangers of garden chemicals, turn toThe Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control (by Fern Bradley) as the most reliable and comprehensive guide on the garden shelf. Rodale has been the category leader in organic methods for decades,...
    Organic Gardening-... Manuals etc. Horticulture-Handb... Plants-Diseases an...

  90. IRAC Tuta Absoluta - Tomato leaf miner

    T. absolutais a pest of great economic importance in a number of countries. Its primary host is tomato, although potato, aubergine, common bean, and various wild solanaceous plants are also suitable hosts.T. absolutais characterized by high reproduction potential. Each female may lay up to 300...
    Tuta Absoluta Tomato Leaf Miner

  91. Insects that Feed on Trees and Scrubs

    1976-01-01 This book and its companion volume on diseases are reference manuals that cover the major biotic pests and environmental problems associated with woody ornamental plants. This volume covers arthropod pests, providing essential information about most of the more common and important insects,...
    Ornamental Trees-D... Ornamental Shrubs-... Insect Pests-Unite...

  92. Tropical foliage disorders: a Ball guide

    2002-01-01 This practical reference provides professional growers with the tools necessary to make in-the-field identifications of tropical foliage disorders. Listing more than 70 varieties of foliage plants, this guide covers a broad range of disorders, including pest damage, disease, phytotoxicity, and...
    Foliage Plants-Dis... Tropical Plants-Di... Tropical Plants-Di...

  93. Efficacy of homemade botanical insecticides based on traditional knowledge. A review

    Abstract, Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2019 Homemade botanical insecticides are widely used by subsistence and transitional farmers in low-income countries. Their use is often driven by the limited availability or cost of commercial pesticides. Homemade botanical insecticides are often...
    Indigenous Knowledge Traditional Knowledge Insecticide Botanical pesticides

  94. Pest ID & Control Vegetable

    This book contains profiles of insects and diseases that have appeared in the pages of Florida Grower over the past 12 years. 3 Copies
    Garden Pests-Ident...

  95. Pesticidal Plant Extracts Improve Yield and Reduce Insect Pests on Legume Crops Without Harming Beneficial Arthropods

    Abstract, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 In the fight against arthropod crop pests using plant secondary metabolites, most research has focussed on the identification of bioactive molecules. Several hundred candidate plant species and compounds are now known to have pesticidal properties...
    Legume Arthropods Botanical pesticides

  96. Natural enemy enhancement and botanical insecticide source: a review of dual use companion plants

    Abstract, Applied Entomology and Zoology, 2019 Intensive agriculture, which is associated with heavy inputs of synthetic insecticides, has serious ecological impacts, leading to loss of vital ecosystem services including insect-mediated pest suppression. In recent years, efforts have been made...
    Botanical pesticides

  97. Efficacy of Selected Biopesticides and Botanical Extracts in Managing Rice Stem Borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Tanzania

    Abstract,Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International, 2018 Stem borers have been reported as the most injurious insect pests of rice among the insects that attack rice crop globally. Management of stem borers has been relied on the use of synthetic insecticides but has been...
    Botanical pesticides Tanzania East Africa

  98. Sweet potato pest management: a global perspective

    This book deals with insects and other pests of sweet potato, in the context of a pest management perspective. The major pests of sweet potato are surveyed and the available knowledge about the pests is analysed. The book contains an impressive global perspective. The authors point to the lack of...
    Sweet Potatoe-Dise... Insect Pests-Control

  99. Biological Control of Cassava Pests in Africa

    Biological control of the cassava mealybug involved the classical approach, from foreignexploration, biological studies, mass rearing, and release to monitoring and impact studies. The special attention given to quanfity observations on all trophic levels in a holistic approach transformed the...
    Cassava

  100. Pest control in tropical onions

    The manual contains chapters on the control of weeds, diseases, nematodes, insects and mites and on storage of onion.
    Onions-Diseases & ... Tropics

  101. SPS (Sanitary and Phytosanitary) Plant Health Distance Learning Modules

    Does unsafe food threaten public health in your country? Is the food you eat at risk of contamination? Or, perhaps, has your shipment of agricultural goods been held at the port of entry because of a potential cargo pest infestation? The sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) plant health distance...
    Seed Systems Phytosanitary Plant Health

  102. Pepper diseases: a field guide

    This field guide is envisaged as a quick reference for horticultural extension workers and for teachers of agriculture, and researchers, particularly in developing countries. The publication containas a vivid presentation of pepper diseases and it is our hope that it becomes a useful guide for...
    Peppers-Diseases a...

  103. Integrated pest management for cole crops and lettuce

    This manual discusses the biology, economic status, and management of insects, diseases, nematodes, weeds, and vertebrates important to crop production in California. Photographs and other illustrations are intended to help the reader identify important pests and their damage, an essential first...
    California Cole Crops-Disease... Lettuce-Disease & ... Integrated Pest Ma...

  104. Tomato diseases and their control

    This handbook summarizes information on tomato diseases in the United States and is based on extensive research findings and grower experience.
    Tomatoes-Diseases ...

  105. Be your own vegetable doctor

    This book reveals the vast array of troubles which can affect the vegetable plot. Some of them are pests and diseases, but not all--split tomatoes, blown sprouts and bolted onions do not appear in the pest charts but they are nevertheless important vegetable troubles. The purpose of the guide is...
    Vegetables-Disease...

  106. Plant health handbook: a guide to better gardening indoors and outdoors

    This book is designed for all of those who want to know how to keep plants, grounds, and plantings free of diseases and pests.
    Gardening Garden Pests-Control

  107. Using beneficial insects: garden soil builders, pollinators, and predators

    The author discusses bugs you can love, the soil builders, the pollinators and the predators.
    Beneficial Insects Gardening Insects Pests-Biol...

  108. The Gardener's Weed Book /Earth-Safe Controls

    Beginning and expert gardeners will learn how to identify and control weeds using earth-safe methods.
    Weed Control-North... Weeds-North America

  109. Lectins as Bioactive Proteins in Foods and Feeds

    Abstract,Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology, 2019 Lectins, noncatalytic sugar-binding proteins of nonimmune origin, are widely distributed in the most common foods and feeds in varying amounts. Since many lectins, such as legume lectins, are relatively stable against heat...
    Lectins Antimicrobial Insecticidal Plants Antinutrients

  110. Organic plant protection: a comprehensive reference on controlling insects and diseases in the garden, orchard and yard without using chemicals

    1977-01-01 The book explains a step-by-step approach, starting with preventive measures and working up to the more powerful remedies; from soil health, resistant varieties and companion planting, to traps, repellents and bug poisons.
    Protection of Plants Organic gardening Garden pests

  111. Natural pest control agents; a symposium

    Plants and animals produce many agents which can control life processes in insects or in other plants. Among them are attractants in insects, repellants in arthropods, insecticides in pyrethrum, in turnips, and in cruciferous crops, insect toxicants in crystalliferous bacteria, biologically...
    Natural Pesticides Pests-Control-Biol...

  112. Trench Traps Control Colorado Potato Beetle

    1995-03-19 A technique to control Colorado Potato Beetles. The Colorado potato beetle has become resistant to many pesticides. An innovative technique developed by AgCanada and researched by Cornell is the use of “trench traps” to catch the beetles as they walk out of fields in search of new food sources or...
    Crop Pests Pest Control Trench Traps

  113. App: Pacific Pests & Pathogens

    Available on: iOS Android When crop pests and diseases occur farmers want immediate solutions. Time is of the essence. If they have to go searching for information which takes days to find, it might already be too late. They need to know what the problem is, what's caused it, and what to do...
    iOS Android Pacific Area

  114. Use of Neem Products for Insect Control in Rice

    Asia

  115. TN #11 Control of Weeds, Insects, and Diseases

    1985-04-01 On the small farm, or in the home garden, techniques suitable for the production of food might be quite different from those used in large-scale production systems. The use of machinery, for example, might be impossible or uneconomical, or special small-scale equipment might be needed. The wide...
    Weed Control Tropics-Weed control

  116. Insect Management in the Home Garden

    To grow a highly productive garden it is important to have an insect management program. This should include frequent surveys of the garden to detect problems at an early stage. For the survey to be effective, however, the homeowner must know where to look for insects and be able to identify...

  117. TN #77 An Introduction to Wood Vinegar

    2013-08-01 Prakrit Khamduangdao was looking for an alternative to agricultural chemicals to control pests in his vegetable farm. However, he was not completely satisfied with various botanical pest control measures being promoted in northern Thailand. He reports that even though certain natural insect...
    Wood Vinegar Vinegar Pest Control Insect control Repellant Fungicide Asia

  118. Natural Pesticides - Facilitator's Guide

    2020-04-20 The source documents (.docx and .pub)of these materials are available in the author's dropbox. The source documents are updated periodically so check here for the most current formats. We encourage you to adapt the source for your purposes. Intended Learning Outcomes – Participants will be able...

  119. Using Pesticides Safely - Facilitator's Guide

    2020-04-20 The source documents (.docx and .pub)of these materials are available in the author's dropbox. The source documents are updated periodically so check here for the most current formats. We encourage you to adapt the source for your purposes. Learning Outcomes – Participants will be able to: 1....