Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

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Monitoring and Analysis of Introduced Technologies

Plant quarantine officers at the two major local ports Sangsters International Airport, Montego Bay and Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston were monitoring pest interception levels and […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
  • Project Code: Not Available
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Efficacy of Phosphine Gas in Treatment of Gall Midge on Hot Peppers

Hot peppers were fumigated as a postharvest treatment against gall midges and citrus midge, pests of the hot pepper in Jamaica. The infestation of gall midges […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
  • Project Code: Not Available
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Molecular Probes to Distinguish Gall Midge Species

This project sought to identify molecular markers of two gall midget pests impacting hot peppers in Jamaica. A complex of at least 2 species of gall […]

Monitoring Pesticide Residue Levels on Callaloo and Hot Pepper

This project sought to provide information that will guide Caribbean users on persistence of pesticides under comparable climatic conditions.

Socio-economic Studies in Trinidad and Barbados

In Trinidad excessive chemical application among vegetable producers is widely practiced, chemical pest management policies did not exist, consumer markets demanded unblemished produce, and financially viable […]

South Asia Site in Bangladesh

IPM activities at the Bangladesh site were concentrated in four program areas during year 10, which was year 5 for Bangladesh. The first of these areas […]

Survey of Infestation Level of Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, on Different Vegetable Crops

Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) and other sucking insects have appeared to be serious problems on a number of vegetable crops and farmers are frequently applying insecticides on […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
  • Project Code: Not Available
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Survey of Bean Pod Borer (Maruca testulalis), Whitefly and Aphids and their Natural Enemies on Country Bean (Lablab purpureus)

The bean pod borer, whitefly and aphids have appeared as serious pests of country beans in Bangladesh. The bean pod borer and aphids damage the bean […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
  • Project Code: Not Available
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Varietal Screening of Eggplant for Resistance to Bacterial Wilt, Fruit and Shoot Borer (FSB), Leafhopper (jassids) and Root-knot Nematode(RKN) and of Tomato Resistance to BW ,Virus Disease and RKN

FSB, BW, jassids and RKN seriously damage eggplant varieties grown by the farmers every year. Farmers use pesticides indiscriminately without knowing the pest, or gaining any […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
  • Project Code: Not Available
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Pilot Production of Grafted Eggplant at Intensive Growing Areas (Jessore and Sripur) and Training of Farmers

Bacterial wilt is a widespread serious disease of eggplant in Bangladesh. In absence of any practical control methods, farmers use pesticides indiscriminately without any successful control […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
  • Project Code: Not Available
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