Perspectives on Pests II: Achievements of Research Under UK Department for International Development Crop Protection Programme, 2000-05

ISBN-10
0954645278
ISBN-13
9780954645274
Category
Agricultural pests
Pages
206
Language
English
Published
2006
Authors
Frances Kimmins, A. Sweetmore, Penny Silverside

Description

Green evolution - partnerships and progres for change; Integrated management of banana weevil in Uganda; Integrated management of banana diseases in Uganda; Promotion of improved IPM practices for banana diseases and pests in Uganda; Archiving data from IPM projects within the Uganda Banana Research Programme; Evaluation and promotion of clean seed yam-production systems in Central Nigeria; Participatory breeding of superior, mosaic disease-resistant cassava; Maximising and promoting the benefits to farmers of cassava mosaic disease-resistant varieties; Promotion of control measures for cassava brown streak disease; Multiplication and distribution of sweet potato varieties with high yield and ß-carotene content; Promotion of sustainable sweet potato production and post-harvest managemen through farmer field schools in East Africa; Working with farmers to control sweet potato virus disease in East Africa; Characterisation and epidemiology of root rot caused by Fusarium and Pythium spp. In Uganda; Bean root rot disease management in Uganda; Participatory promotion of disease-resistant and farmer-acceptable Phaseo/us beans; Promotion of IPM strategies for major insect pests of beans in hillsides of eastern and southern Africa; Epidemiology and variability of the coffee wilt pathogen; IPM for smallholder coffee farmers in Malawi; Implementation of cocoa IPM in West Africa; Pheromone traps and new technologies for control of cowpea pests in West Africa; Finger millet blast in East Africa: pathogen diversity and management strategies; Improving production in the Teso farming system through sustainable draught-animal technologies; Groundnut rosette disease management; Farmer-Ied multiplication of rosette-resistant groundnut varieties for eastern Uganda; Wild rice management strategies for the lowlands of southern Tanzania; Green manure for enhancing upland rice productivit on Striga-infested fields in Tanzania; Developing crop protection research promotional strategies for semi-arid East Africa; Management strategies for maize grey leaf spot in Kenya and Zimbabwe; Improving farmers' access to and management of disease-resistant maize cultivars in Tanzania; Improved access to appropriate integrated maize crop management by small-scale farmers in Kenya; Integrated pest and soil management to combat Striga, stem borers and declining soil fertility in maize; Integrated pest management of maize-forage dairying in Kenya; Improving food security and livelihoods through promotion of IPM in lowland maize systems; Promoting improved crop establishment and weed management in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa; Promotion of IPM for smallholder cotton in Uganda; Novel technologies for control of African armyworm on smallholder cereals in East Africa; Improved armyworm monitoring and forecasting systems; Establishment of satellite ICOSAMP systems and improved migrant pest reporting network; Forecasting movements and breeding of the red-billed quelea bird in southern Africa; Environmental assessment of quelea control and breeding forecasts in southern Africa; Biology and control of armoured bush crickets in southern Africa; Promoting potato seed-tuber management for increased ware yields in eastern Uganda; Public-private partnerships to develop viruses as bioinsecticides for Ghana and Benin; Sustainable approaches for management of root-knot nematodes on vegetables in Kenya; Development of private service providers for the horticultural industry in Kenya; Promotion of quality vegetable seed in Kenya; Promoting the adoption of IPM in vegetable production; Linking demand for and supply of agricultural information in Uganda; Accelerated uptake and impact of CPP research outputs in Kenya; Ecologically based, sustainable rodent-control strategies in South Africa; Classical biological control of Mikania micrantha with Puccinia spegazzinii: implementation phase; Management of fruit flies in India; Promotion and impact assessment of tomatoes resistant to tomato leaf curl virus disease; Aflatoxin contamination of groundnut in southern India; Effects of plant diseases on crop residues used for peri-urban dairy production on the Deccan Plateau; Characterisation of pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus to attain sustainable production in India; Pigeonpea sterility mosaic: application of diagnostic tools for sustainable pigeonpea production in India; Promoting the adoption of improved ICM technologies in chickpea by poor farmers in Nepal; Policy and strategy for improved chickpea ICM in Nepal and South Asia; Sustainable control of cotton bollworm in small-scale cotton-production systems; Rice sheath blight complex (Rhizoctonia spp.): pathogen epidemiology and management; Ecology and management of rice hispa (Dic/adispa armigera) in Bangladesh;Commercial adoption of pheromones as a component in ICM of rice in Bangladesh; Promoting farmer adoption and policy change for rice and vegetable pest pheromones in Bangladesh; Technical support for SMEs supplying pheromone-based pest control technologies in South Asia; Promotion of integrated weed management for direct-seeded rice on the Gangetic Plains of India; Promotion of cost-effective weed-management practices for lowland rice in Bangladesh; Ecologically based rodent management for rice-based cropping systems in Bangladesh; IPM of major insect pests of potatoes in the Cochabamba region of Bolivia; Strengthening technical innovation systems in potato-based agriculture in Bolivia (INNOVA); Evolution within Bemisia tabaci and associated begomoviruses: a strategic modelling approach.

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