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

, 2012
The seven chapters that comprise this report explore ways to integrate sustainability goals and objectives into Ethiopia's current development ...
Amanda Lavigueur, Bjorn Knutson, Cassady Roberts, Kathryn Lee, Kelly Kneeland, Larissa Lee, Lindley Wells, Nicholas J. Papanastassiou, Nina Hatch, Pat Adams, Sally Holmes   +10 more
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Responses to colour and host odour cues in three cereal pest species, in the context of ecology and control [PDF]

, 2015
Many insects show a greater attraction to multimodal cues, e.g. odour and colour combined, than to either cue alone. Despite the potential to apply the knowledge to improve control strategies, studies of multiple stimuli have not been undertaken for ...
Chittka, Crombie, Dobie, Menzel, P.C. Stevenson, Raffa, Reza, S.E.J. Arnold, S.R. Belmain, Ukeh, Ukeh   +10 more
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Assessing the long-distance repellency of long-lasting insecticide netting to a suite of post-harvest insects [PDF]

, 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, Morrison III, William R., Wilkins, Rachel   +2 more
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The incidence of post-harvest problems among small farmers surveyed in three regions of the Limpopo Province [PDF]

High yielding varieties and new production technology have vastly increased the world's agricultural production and provided rural incomes and affordable food for large parts of the population.
Randela, Rendani
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Toxic and repellent effect of Zanthoxylum armatum (Sapindales:Rutacae) essential oil to Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera:Curculionidae)

Journal 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, Ashmita Poudel, Kashinath Chiluwal, Ajaya Shree Ratna Bajracharya   +3 more
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Maize in India: Production Systems, Constraints, and Research Priorities [PDF]

Crop Production/Industries, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,
Gerpacio, Roberta V., Joshi, P.K., Pingali, Prabhu L., Singh, N.N., Singh, N.P.   +4 more
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Development of the first high-density linkage map in the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Baltzegar JF, Gould F.
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Insect Pests and Diseases in Stored Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) and Maize (Zea mays L.) in West Hararghe, Ethiopia

Advances in Agriculture
The presence of major insect pests and microflora in stored sorghum and maize in West Hararghe, Ethiopia, poses a significant threat to food security and agricultural productivity, leading to postharvest losses and economic hardship for local farmers ...
Gelana Keno Beyene, Amin Mohammed Yones, Ahmed Beyan Heji, Mukaddes Kayim   +3 more
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Enhancing Neoplasm Expression in Field Pea (Pisum sativum) via Intercropping and its Significance to Pea Weevil (Bruchus pisorum) Management

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016
Neoplasm formation, a non-meristematic tissue growth on young field pea (Pisum sativum L.) pods is triggered in the absence of UV light and/or in response to oviposition by pea weevil (Bruchus pisorum L.).
Abel eTeshome, Tomas eBryngelsson, Esayas Mendesil eAmosa, Salla eMarttila, Mulatu eGeleta   +4 more
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Biotechnology and the African Farmer [PDF]

Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,
Eicher, Carl K., Maredia, Karim, Sithole-Niang, Idah   +2 more
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