Abstract:
1. Goal
The current project was initiated in 1980 with the ultimate goal "f increasing production of food cereals and legumes by resource-poor, small-scale farmers in rural Africa through improved insect pest management.
2. Strategy
To achieve this goal, the project activities have aimed at developing such strategies for integrated pest management (If'M) as would· be environmentally safe and technically as well as socio-economically feasible for the small farmer .
2. Strategy
To achieve this goal, the project activities have aimed at
developing such strategies for integrated pest manage~
ment (If'M) as would· be environmentally safe and technically
as well as socio-economically feasible for the
small farmer .
3. Crops and pests studied
The crops studied are sorghum, maize and cowpea. The insect pests taken up for this project are Chilo partellus and other borers on sorghum and maize, and Maruca tes tulalis on cowpea.
4. Population studies
(i) Methodology has been developed and standardised for monitoring the populations of the borers through·periodical sampling for borer larvae and pupae, and by pheromonal trapping of adult male!) using.......
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States