The Effects of Intercropping Local and Improved Maize Varieties with Beans on Incidence and Progression of Maize Diseases in Iganga District
Maize and beans constitute a major diet in many parts of Uganda and the two crops are commonly intercropped. For a long time farmers have been […]
- Start Date: 1993
- End Date: 1998
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
Incidence of Cereal Stemborer Parasitoids and Establishment of Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Eastern Uganda
Maize productivity in Uganda is constrained by insect pests among other factors. The lepidopterous stalk borers are the most damaging pests on maize in Uganda. A […]
- Start Date: 1993
- End Date: 1998
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Ohio State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
Effect of Seed Dressing and Some Cultural Practices on Bean Fly (Ophiomyia sp), Bean Aphid (Aphis fabae) and Fusarium Root Rots on Beans in Iganga District
Farm trials in Iganga district were conducted to determine the effect of seed dressing and earthing-up on bean fly incidence and damage.
- Start Date: 1993
- End Date: 1998
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Ohio State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
Influence of Minimum Insecticide Application on Insect Pest Populations and Yield of Cowpeas in Kumi District
Insect pests are a major constraint to cowpea production in Kumi. To mitigate against the pest problem, many farmers use insecticides, applied up to over 8 […]
- Start Date: 1993
- End Date: 1998
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Ohio State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
Comparative Performance of cv Igola-1 and Other Local Groundnut Cultivars for the Control of Rosette Disease
In Uganda, as in many other countries of sub-Saharan Africa, groundnut rosette is widespread, and especially destructive on late planted crops. Rosette is a virus disease […]
- Start Date: 1993
- End Date: 1998
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Not Available
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
Management of Insect Pests on Millet and Sorghum
Researcher performed on-farm research on the management of insect pests of pearl millet
- Start Date: 1993
- End Date: 1998
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Not Available
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
Formulation and Commercialization of Malian Village-Produced Neem Kernel Extract
Subsistence farmers in Mali have little means of protecting their crops, both preharvest and postharvest. The abundant neem tree, Azadirachta indica A. Juss, may provide a […]
- Start Date: 1993
- End Date: 1998
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Michigan State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
Integrated Management of Striga Parasitic Weed for Sorghum, Millet, and Cowpea
In the second year of on-farm research on control of the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica, trials on improved intercropping practices for millet / cowpea association and […]
- Start Date: 1993
- End Date: 1998
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Not Available
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
Long-Run Striga Control by Subsistence Farmers in Mali
The IPM-CRSP Mali project bas developed a bioeconomic model for evaluating the economic and nutritional returns to millet production practices aimed at controlling the parasitic weed […]
- Start Date: 1993
- End Date: 1998
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Not Available
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
Complementary Weed Control Strategies in Rice-Vegetable Systems (Evaluation of Integrated Weed Management Strategies Against Weeds in Onion)
Field studies were conducted in two farmers’ fields in the Asian site in San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines during the 1998 dry seasons. The efficacy of […]
- Start Date: 1993
- End Date: 1998
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
