Project
Management of Insect Pests on Millet and Sorghum
Details
Project Code:
Not Available
Start Date:
1993
End Date:
1998
CRSP Phase:
Phase 1
Budget:
Not Available
Countries:
Uganda
Participants
Lead University:
Not Available
Other Partners:
Sotuba Regional Research Center (Uganda); Virginia Tech, Purdue University (US)
Principal Investigator(s):
None
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Gamby Kadiatou Toure?
Overview
Researcher performed on-farm research on the management of insect pests of pearl millet
Objectives
Coming soon
Outcomes
Pheromone traps used during this project reduced stem boring by Acigona ignefusalis and increased millet yield increased out to 50m, and yield was 50% higher at 5m from the traps compared with fields without traps.
