Integrated Pest Management of Tropical Vegetable Crops

ISBN-13: 9789402414370 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 304 str.

Opis

It is an edited book with chapters written by multi-disciplinary specialists in their specific subject areas. It covers development of IPM components and packaging them for individual vegetable crops specifically targeted to tropical countries. Scientific background for IPM components or tactics will be included. There will be case studies of IPM packages developed and implemented in different countries. The concept of IPM has been in existence for the past six decades; however, a practical holistic program has not been developed and implemented for vegetable crops, in the developing countries. Currently the IPM adoption rate in the tropics is minimal and there is a need for implementation of IPM technologies that are environmentally safe, economical, and socially acceptable. We believe that adoption and implementation of IPM provided in this book will lead to significant reduction in crop losses and mitigate adverse impacts of pesticide use in the tropics. This book is an outcome 20 years of research, development and implementation of the IPM CRSP, a project supported by USAID and administered by Virginia Tech in several developing countries along the tropical belt in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Spis treści

1. Food and Environmental Security May 23, 2016

2. IPM Packages for  Developing Countries

3. Virus Diseases of Tropical Vegetable Crops and their Management

4. Exploring the Potential of Trichoderma for the Management of Seed and Soil-Borne Diseases

5. Physical, Mechanical and Cultural Control of Vegetable Insects

6. Integrated Pest Management of Cruciferous Vegetables

7. IPM Packages for Naranjilla—Sustainable Production in an Environmentally Fragile Region

8. Integrated Pest Management of Okra in India

9. Integrated Pest Management for Onion in India

10.IPM technologies for potato producers in highland Ecuador

11.Integrated Pest Management of Vegetable Crops in Bangladesh

12.Development and Dissemination of Vegetable IPM practices and packages in Nepal

13.IPM Vegetable Systems in Uganda

14.Impacts of IPM on Vegetable Production in the Tropics

O autorze

Editors: 
Prof. Rangaswamy Muniappan

Prof. E. A. Heinrichs

Blurb

  Crop loss due to pests is a major constraint to meeting food needs of the expected world population of ten billion by 2050. Integrated Pest Management offers an approach that is economically and socially acceptable, environmentally safe, and improves health standards. Its main thrust is to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by finding and introducing alternate technologies that include physical, cultural, and biological methods. This book identifies flaws in the definition, identification, implementation, and evaluation of IPM, and provides information on development of IPM components and packages that are adoptable in developing countries. It emphasizes the need for dissemination of information on IPM technologies and working with value chains and farmers from production to distribution.

The chapter on viruses of vegetable crops covers several diseases diagnosed in recent years and their management options. Similarly, the chapter on Trichoderma, a beneficial fungus, provides both basic and applied information. IPM is crop, site, and season specific. The IPM packages described for crucifers, naranjilla, okra, onion and potato can be adopted by farmers with necessary adjustments. IPM is a dynamic process and requires modifications according to changes and needs. Chapters on IPM practices in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Uganda show how these packages have been modified and adapted to various vegetable crops. The economic benefits derived by adoption of IPM in developing countries are illustrated.

This book provides essential information for researchers and extension staff of national governments and development specialists in value chain projects who participate in crop protection activities in developing countries.