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Intrahousehold resource dynamics & adoption of pest management practices

A chief constraint of IPM is the need to educate the farming population and their families in understanding the dangers of pesticide usage to both human […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
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Caribbean Site in Jamaica, Trinidad, and Barbados

The work plan 2002-2003 (Year 10) continued the focus on consolidation of developmental work and wider dissemination of developed technologies. IPM CRSP has been a catalyst […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
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Assessment of Virus Incidence in Superior Caribbean Sweetpotato Varieties

The goal of this project was to determine the status of Jamaican sweet potato varieties relative to natural infection with common sweetpotato viruses, using available technology […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
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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
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On-farm Demonstration of Tomato Grafting for Bacterial Wilt Control

Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a widespread serious disease of tomato in Bangladesh. In absence of any practical control methods, farmers fail to establish […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
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Development of Eggplant Hybrids Resistant to Bacterial Wilt, Fruit & Shoot Borer and Root-knot Nematode

The cultivated eggplant varieties in Bangladesh are susceptible to fruit and shoot borer, bacterial wilt disease, and root-knot nematode, which are the most important pests of […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
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On-farm Demonstration on Management of Lepidopteran Pests in Cabbage Using an Integrated Approach

A number of leaf-eating lepidopteran pests, such as Spodoptera litura, diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), Crocidolomia binotalis, and others are serious pests of cabbage in Bangladesh. Indiscriminate […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
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Host Preference of Cucurbit Fruit Fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae, and its management in Bitter Gourd and Sweet Gourd by Using Pheromone and Indigenous Bait Traps

The cucurbit fruit fly is a highly damaging pest of almost all the cucurbit vegetables. Indiscriminate use of pesticides by the farmers to control the pest […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
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Development of Integrated Management Package For the Control of Eggplant Fruit and Shoot Borer (FSB)

Fruit and Shoot Borer (FSB) of eggplant is a difficult pest to control with the use of unilateral control measures. Presently, the farmers’ practice of indiscriminate […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
  • Project Code: Not Available
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Integrated Management of Soil-borne Diseases and Weeds in Tomato

This project evaluated the effects of soil amendments for the management of weeds and diseases complimenting other efforts including organic soil amendments with poultry refuse and […]

  • Start Date: 1999
  • End Date: 2004
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