Role of omics approaches in vegetable breeding for insect pest resistance [PDF]
SN Applied Sciences, 2023 Vegetables are usually herbaceous and succulent plants. This succulent nature of vegetable crops makes them susceptible to attack by a wide variety of pests. Traditionally insect resistance has not been as widely investigated as disease resistance due to
Jagmeet Singh +6 more
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A Review of Insect Pest Management in Vegetable Crop Production in Nigeria [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Insect pest infestations and damage can limit the production of vegetables in the farming systems in Nigeria. This review looks at integrated insect pest management as a possible panacea for resolving insect pest issues in vegetable crops. The main vegetable crops which include okra, tomatoes, chilli peppers, cucumbers, green amaranth, carrots and ...
T. I. Ofuya +2 more
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Insect pests of underutilized vegetables and their management: An appraisal
Current Horticulture, 2023 The study focuses on underutilized vegetable crops that are not widely traded or economically developed on a large scale. Some of these vegetables include curry leaf, drumstick, amaranthus, cherry tomato, Chinese cabbage, winged bean, and aquatic vegitables.
AB Rai, Jaydeep Halder
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Vegetable Pest Monitoring Using Insect Trap Lights
Machinery and Equipment for Rural Area, 2021 The results of improving the design of autonomous LED insect trap lights developed by the Federal Research Center for Plant Biological Protection are provided. The flying dynamics of the summer Helicoverpa armigera is shown. It was found that the insect trap light attracted 2.6 times more phytophagous specimens than pheromon traps. A separating element
Alexey Pachkin +3 more
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Efficacy of vegetable oil extracts for control of insect pests of tomato in Southern Benin
African Crop Science Journal, 2022 Pests are a menace to production of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in sub-Sahara Africa. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of oil extracts of selected common plants for control of pests of tomato in Benin. The study was carried out on the Togba market garden sites in Benin.
Fernand A. SOTONDJI +5 more
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Breeding jassid-resistant okra (Abelmoschus esculentus): from morpho-biochemical traits to precision breeding [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceOkra, an economically important vegetable in tropical and subtropical regions, faces severe yield constraints due to sap-sucking pests, particularly jassids (Amrasca spp.).
Fabrice Vihou +4 more
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Occurrence and Identities of Insect Pests of Vegetables in Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria
Algerian Journal of Biosciences, 2022 This survey was aimed at determining the occurrence as well as identifying the insect pests of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), amaranths (Amaranthus spp.), lettuce (Lactuca sativa), green onions (Allium cepa), and cabbage (Brassica oleracae) grown in Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria, towards effective control and management.
Tajudeen Yahaya +6 more
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Insect pests and their effect on fruit and vegetable crops [PDF]
International Journal of Horticulture and Food Science, 2023 Goutam B. Hosamani
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Insect Pest Problems in Cucurbit-Vegetables and Their Management [PDF]
International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2022 Heera Singh, Rakesh Kumar, x Simran
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Pest insect management in vegetable crops grown outdoors in northern Europe – approaches at the bottom of the IPM pyramid [PDF]
Frontiers in Horticulture, 2023 Rosemary Collier
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