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Sustainable management of chickpea pod borer. A review [PDF]
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2017 The pod borer [Helicoverpa armigera Hubner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)] is responsible for causing up to 90% damage in chickpea due to its regular occurrence from the vegetative growth to the pod formation stage. In order to manage this problem, growers are tempted to increase the amounts of pesticides, but indiscriminate or injudicious use of pesticides ...
Somanagouda B. Patil +4 more
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Morphological Characterization of Yardlong Bean for Pod Borer Infestation
Fundamental and Applied AgricultureIn order to assess the resistance of several yardlong bean types to pod borer attacks, an experiment was conducted at the experimental farm of Bangladesh Agricultural University, located in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, from September 2022 to April 2023.
Nasrin Jahan Sultana +3 more
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2022 Biotic stresses are the major production constraints of pigeonpea crop including legume pod borer, spotted pod borer and pod fly and Fusarium wilt which cause significant yield losses.
RAMASAMY KANAGARAJ MURALI-BASKARAN +2 more
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Response of cocoa pod borer to chlorogenic acid [PDF]
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2020 Abstract Chlorogenic acid was first isolated from coffee beans, and this compound is found in many plants including cocoa fruit. Besides functioning as an antibacterial and antioxidant, this compounds act as insect repellents and attractants. According the literature, chlorogenic acid is a stimulant for laying eggs. Because this compound
A P Firmansyah, S Sjam, G Alam, V S Dewi
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Genetic engineering for increasing resistance of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera) [PDF]
پژوهشهای حبوبات ایران, 2010 Pod borer is one of the main factors for yield decrease of chickpea. Therefore, breeding ofchickpea for resistance to this pest is important. Modified cry1Ac gene of Bacillus thuringiensis inpCry1Ac-nptII plasmid containing twin T-DNA for cry1Ac and ...
Nasrin Moshtaghi +4 more
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Yield Performance of Locally Selected Cocoa Clones in North Luwu [PDF]
, 2015 Participatory selection in North Luwu District selected some locally cocoa clones, of which MCC 01 and MCC 02 the most promising to be developed as clonal material.
Imran, I. (Imran) +2 more
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Fundamental and Applied Agriculture, 2020 Legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is considered the most serious pest of yard long bean. An experiment was conducted in the field laboratory of the Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during ...
Robiah Noor Ahmed +3 more
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Cacao agroforestry systems do not increase pest and disease incidence compared with monocultures under good cultural management practices [PDF]
, 2020 Pests and diseases threaten cacao production worldwide. Agroforestry systems are traditionally seen by farmers as one of the causes of increased pest and disease incidence, in contrast with full-sun monocultures.
Armengot, Laura +5 more
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Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 2020 Background Insect pests infestation is one the major constraints to cowpea production in many Sub-Saharan Africa including Nigeria. Control of these pests by farmers has been vastly by use of chemical pesticide which possesses lots of threats to human ...
Juliana Amaka Ugwu
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Population dynamics of insect pests on short duration pigeon pea in relation to weather parameters
Journal of Agrometeorology, 2018 Population dynamics of insect pests on short duration pigeon pea was studied in relation with weather parameters during kharif 2016 and 2017. Spotted pod borer, Maruca vitrata (F.) and blister beetle, Mylabris pustulata Thunberg were observed to be ...
SURESH M. NEBAPURE +2 more
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