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Environmental Policy Update 2012: Development Strategies and Environmental Policy in East Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The seven chapters that comprise this report explore ways to integrate sustainability goals and objectives into Ethiopia's current development ...
Amanda Lavigueur   +10 more
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Efficacy of Diatomaceous Earth to Control Internal Infestations of Rice Weevil and Maize Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

open access: yesJournal of Economic Entomology, 2003
Densities of 10, 20, and 30 hard red winter wheat kernels, Triticum aestivum L., were infested with different life stages of the rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.), mixed with 35 g of wheat treated with 300 ppm of the Protect-It (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) formulation of diatomaceous earth (DE), and held at 22, 27, and 32 degrees C.
Arthur, Frank H., Throne, James E.
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Economic Analysis of Alternative Maize Storage Technologies in Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes
Upcoming technologies for maize storage have sometimes been promoted without being subjected to trials and economic analysis. In the recent past, new storage technologies, actellic super, super grain bag and the metal silo have been developed.
De Groote, Hugo, Kimenju, Simon Chege
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Assessing the long-distance repellency of long-lasting insecticide netting to a suite of post-harvest insects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Insects are our main competitors for food on the planet (1). In fact, growers lose 10-30% of crops during storage, processing, and marketing after harvest each year to stored product insects (2,3).
Alonso, Alicia Amairani   +2 more
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Maize in India: Production Systems, Constraints, and Research Priorities [PDF]

open access: yes
Crop Production/Industries, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,
Gerpacio, Roberta V.   +4 more
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Toxic and repellent effect of Zanthoxylum armatum (Sapindales:Rutacae) essential oil to Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera:Curculionidae)

open access: yesJournal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
The essential oil from Zanthoxylum armatum (Prickly ash) fruit was evaluated for its insecticidal properties against the Sitophilus zeamais (maize weevil) with different concentrations (10, 5, 2.5, 1.25, 0.62, 0.31, and 0.15%) in both a glass vial ...
Sunil Aryal   +3 more
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THE TOXICITY AND BIOACTIVITY OF CLIMBING WEDELIA POWDER AND ESSENTIAL OIL AGAINST MAIZE WEEVIL

open access: bronze, 2021
Ruchuon Wanna   +4 more
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A study of population growth of Sitophilus oryzae L. and Sitophilus granarius L. in single and mixed culture in wheat and rice : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Plant Science at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1983
Biological interactions between organisms which contend for the same resource, have been of interest to ecologists since the days of Darwin. Although this sort of association is evident for many animal-versus-animal and plant-versus-plant situations, one
Stephensons, Maria Christina
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Roots, tubers and bananas: Planning and research for climate resilience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) includes vegetatively propagated staple crops linked by common breeding, seed, and postharvest issues, and by the frequency with which women are involved in their production and use. RTB
Andrade, Maria   +12 more
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