Effects of Soil Amendments on Populations of Meloidogyne graminicola in Rice-Onion System

None of the five biofertilizers/soil inoculants tested for suppression of root-knot nematode populations in onion roots and soil were effective in either San Jose or Bongabon. […]

• Start Date: 1993
• End Date: 1998
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Not Available

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

The Effectiveness of Trap Plants and Pheromone Traps for Spodoptera litura and Leucinodes orbonalis Management

The use of castor as trap plants for Spodoptera litura feeding on onions continued to be assessed during the onion-growing season. While castor plants effectively attracted […]

• Start Date: 1993
• End Date: 1998
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Penn State University

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

Field Evaluation of Damaged Fruit Removal as an Alternative to Insecticide Sprays for Control of Eggplant Shoot and Fruit Borer, Leucinodes orbonalis

In efforts to reduce labor costs attributed to the weekly removal of damages shoots and fruits of eggplant to minimize damage by and populations of Leucinodes […]

• Start Date: 1993
• End Date: 1998
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Penn State University

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

Movement of Arthropod Predators

The aim of the project is to quantify movements of predators between habitats in rice-onion cropping systems. Our hypothesis is that generalist predators can be found […]

• Start Date: 1993
• End Date: 1998
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Penn State University

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

Effectiveness of Selected Larval Parasitoids against Spodoptera litura, Maruca testulalis, and Leucinodes orbonalis

The field level of parasitism of Leucinodes orbonalis by the ichneumonid parasitoid, Trathala flavoorbitalis was monitored to gain insights into the parasitoid’s performance in the farmer’s […]

• Start Date: 1993
• End Date: 1998
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Penn State University

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

Detection, Carryover, and Biological Control of Soil-borne Pathogens in Rice Vegetable Systems

During the four years of continuous monitoring of soil-borne pathogens infesting rice-vegetable systems in San Jose, Nueva Ecija, five were found seriously affecting rice and vegetable […]

• Start Date: 1993
• End Date: 1998
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Ohio State University

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

Gender Roles and Intra-household Decision Processes in Relation to Rice-Onion Pest Management

Both PA results and those of a household survey conducted in San Jose and Bongabon, Nueva Ecija during 1997 suggest that women are involved in decision […]

• Start Date: 1993
• End Date: 1998
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Virginia Tech

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

Economic Impacts of IPM Practices in the Rice-Vegetable System

The economic profitability of the alternative strategies to control insects, weeds, nematodes, and diseases on the IPM CRSP in the Philippines were assessed using partial budgeting […]

• Start Date: 1993
• End Date: 1998
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Virginia Tech

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

Environmental Impacts of IPM

A survey questionnaire to obtain information from Philippine households on their willingness to pay for reduced health and environmental hazards due to pesticides was administered to […]

• Start Date: 1993
• End Date: 1998
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Virginia Tech

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

Amirault, J.

• Start Date: 1993
• End Date: 1997
• University: Virginia Tech
• Degree: MS

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security