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An economic assessment of banana genetic improvement and innovation in the Lake Victoria Region of Uganda and Tanzania: [PDF]

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"This research report highlights findings from a set of studies undertaken by applied economists on the impact of improved banana cultivars and recommended management practices in the East African highlands.
Smale, Melinda   +1 more
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Argentine stem weevil: A pest of maize

open access: yesProceedings of the New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference, 1966
W.M. Kain, M.A. Barker
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Institutional Change and Discontinuities in Farmers' Use of Hybrid Maize Seed and Fertilizer in Malawi: Findings from the 1996-97 CIMMYT/ MoALD Survey [PDF]

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This study records the use of hybrid maize seed and fertilizer by small-scale farmers in Malawi, as well as their opinions about these inputs, from 1989-90 through 1996-97. Its main purpose is to determine whether the principal constraint to smallholders
Phiri, Alexander, Smale, Melinda
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Efeito de pós vegetais sobre Sitophilus zeamais (Mots., 1855) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

open access: yesArquivos do Instituto Biológico
Objetivou-se testar a atividade inseticida de pós vegetais em Sitophilus zeamais. Foram testados os pós de Anadenanthera colubrina (folhas); Annona muricata (sementes); Azadirachta inidica (folhas e flores); Caesalpinia pyramidalis (folhas), Chenopodium ...
A. Lima-Mendonça   +4 more
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Resistance to pyrethroids in the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais [PDF]

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The maize weevil is a pest of stored crop products, predominantly maize across humid areas of the world. The Sitophilus zeamais were controlled with pyrethroids until resistance emerged in areas across Brazil. This resistance was found to be conveyed by a super-kdr mutation in the voltage gated sodium channel (VGSC).
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