Assessment of yield losses due to the pearl millet stemborer Coniesta ignefusalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in millet cropping systems

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (02) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Kaleson Wesley Gwadi ◽  
Michael Chidozie Dike ◽  
Christopher Iwumune Amatobi
Keyword(s):  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Yield Losses ◽  
Coniesta Ignefusalis

Rearing the wheat stem sawfly on an artificial diet

2005 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuilo B. Macedo ◽  
Paula A. Macedo ◽  
Robert K.D. Peterson ◽  
David K. Weaver ◽  
Wendell L. Morrill
Keyword(s):  
Great Plains ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
The United States ◽  
Northern Great Plains ◽  
Yield Losses ◽  
Canadian Prairies ◽  
Wheat Stem Sawfly ◽  
Head Weight ◽  
Harvest Efficiency

The wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae), is an insect pest in dryland wheat cropping systems in the southern Canadian Prairies and the northern Great Plains of the United States (Morrill 1997). Yield losses caused by C. cinctus are due to reduced head weight (Holmes 1977; Morrill et al. 1992) and lodging, which decreases harvest efficiency. Estimates of yield losses in Montana alone are about US$25 million per year.

Biology and management of Echinochloa colona and E. crus-galli in the northern grain regions of Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asad Shabbir ◽  
Bhagirath S. Chauhan ◽  
Michael J. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
Seed Dormancy ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Yield Losses ◽  
Annual Grass ◽  
Fallow Management ◽  
Current Information ◽  
Wide Range

Echinochloa colona and E. crus-galli are two important annual grass weeds distributed throughout the summer cropping regions of Australia. Both species are highly problematic weeds, responsible for yield losses of up to 50% in summer grain crops. The success of Echinochloa species as weeds is attributed to their rapid growth, prolific seed production, seed dormancy and adaptability to a wide range of environments. Importantly, E. colona has evolved resistance to glyphosate in Australia, with resistant populations now widespread across the summer cropping regions. Fallow management of E. colona with glyphosate alone is risky in terms of increasing the chance of resistance and highly unsustainable; other control strategies (residual herbicides, strategic tillage, etc.) should be considered to complement herbicides. This review provides a summary of current information on the biology, ecology and management of Echinochloa species. The knowledge gaps and research opportunities identified will have pragmatic implications for the management of these species in Australian grain cropping systems.

Crop diversification of predominant Pearl millet based cropping system for higher productivity, resource-use efficiency and profitability in Semi-Arid Rajasthan

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sammauria ◽  
O.P. Meena ◽  
M.R. Yadav ◽  
A.K. Gupta ◽  
H.L. Yadav ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Crop Diversification ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Cluster Bean ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Semi Arid

Continuous adoption of Pearl millet-Wheat cropping system led to reduction in productivity which put a serious threat to its sustainability in semi-arid eastern plain zone of Rajasthan, India. Crop diversification with wider choice with a variety of crops is being promoted as an alternative to profit maximization with enhanced soil fertility status. Therefore, a long term experiment was initiated to evaluate the production potential, sustainability, resource-use efficiency and economics of nine Pearl millet based cropping systems. Result revealed that system productivity in terms of pearl millet equivalent yield (PMEY) was highest (30488 kg ha-1) with groundnut-wheat-cluster bean-onion crop rotation. Moreover, groundnut-wheat-cluster bean-onion recorded the highest SYI and land use efficiency (0.65 and 73.97%) followed by pearl millet-wheat-cluster bean-barley sequence (0.63 and 65.75%). The groundnut-wheat-cluster bean-onion also generated highest number of man days/ha/year (405). The highest values of organic carbon were found under green gram-mustard-pearl millet-lentil and cluster bean-pea-pearl millet-lentil. The maximum value of available P was recorded with cluster bean-mustard-green gram-garden cress followed by the groundnut-wheat-cluster bean-onion sequence. Available K decreased significantly from their initial values in all the cropping systems except groundnut-wheat-cluster bean-onion crop rotation. Among the various systems, groundnut-wheat-cluster bean-onion realized the highest net returns ( 213000 ha-1), followed by pearl millet-wheat-cluster bean-barley ( 163254 ha-1). Overall, it can be concluded that under the semi-arid agro climatic conditions of Rajasthan, groundnut-wheat-cluster bean-onion, followed by pearl millet-wheat-cluster bean-barley, were more productive, sustainable, resource use efficient and remunerative than other cropping systems.

Insect pests and management technologies in dryland wheat in Washington

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 104-107
Author(s):  
K. S. Pike ◽  
L. K. Tanigoshi
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Seed Treatment ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Conservation Tillage ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Wheat Yield ◽  
Yield Losses

AbstractSix species of ophids (Homoptera: Aphididae) are the most economically significant insect pests of wheat in Washington. Management technologies under development or in use in Washington emphasize biorational approaches, including development and use of resistance germplasm, manipulation of pest populations through cropping systems, and development of biological controls. We review wheat yield losses caused by aphids, their biological control, and the effects of conservation tillage and systemic seed treatment.

scholarly journals Diversified grain-based cropping systems provide long-term weed control while limiting herbicide use and yield losses

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Adeux ◽  
Nicolas Munier-Jolain ◽  
Dominique Meunier ◽  
Pascal Farcy ◽  
Stefano Carlesi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Yield Losses ◽  
Herbicide Use

scholarly journals Effect of Rice Root-Knot Nematode on Growth and Yield of Yellow Granex Onion

Plant Disease ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 86 (12) ◽  
pp. 1339-1344 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. B. Gergon ◽  
S. A. Miller ◽  
J. M. Halbrendt ◽  
R. G. Davide
Keyword(s):  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Rice Root ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Yield Losses ◽  
Root Knot Nematode ◽  
Meloidogyne Graminicola ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Infested Field

Rice root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola, infects all commercially grown onion cultivars in rice-onion cropping systems in the Philippines, but its economic importance has not been established. The effects of different preplant population levels (Pi) of M. graminicolaon Yellow Granex onion in pots and of different percentages of galled roots in a naturally infested field were evaluated. Leaf weight and root length of ‘Yellow Granex 429’ seedlings decreased with increasing Pi, while low Pi mildly stimulated plant height at the vegetative growth stage. Age of transplant and Pi influenced growth and yield of onion at maturity. Onion yield and root and leaf weights decreased as the age of the transplants increased. Growth and yield decreased with increased Pi. Bulb weight was reduced by 7 to 82% and diameter by 10 to 62% when plants were inoculated with 50 to 10,000 second-stage juveniles. Onion bulbs from the field were reduced by 16, 32, and 35% in weight and by 6, 17, and 18% in diameter when the percentage of roots galled was 10, 50, and 100%, respectively. Management of M. graminicolapopulations at the start of the growing season must be part of onion culture in rice-onion systems to reduce onion yield losses and to prevent economic loss.

Spot blotch and terminal heat stress tolerance in south Asian spring wheat genotypes

2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 425-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Rosyara ◽  
S. Subedi ◽  
R. Sharma ◽  
E. Duveiller
Keyword(s):  
Heat Stress ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Physiological Mechanism ◽  
Spot Blotch ◽  
Kernel Weight ◽  
Yield Losses ◽  
Wheat Genotypes ◽  
Terminal Heat Stress ◽  
Significant Yield

Terminal heat stress and spot blotch disease (caused by Cochliobolus sativus ) are the most important stresses responsible for significant yield losses every year in warm South Asian plains. Both of these stresses are very severe in late planted wheat, which is common in rice-wheat and rice-rice-wheat cropping systems. The development of genotypes tolerant to both stresses might be very useful for increasing yield and reducing yield losses. Information is limited on how different genotypes respond to both stresses (individually and combined) and on the degree of tolerance present in South Asian wheat genotypes. The study was done to evaluate the tolerance of South Asian wheat genotypes to both stresses by comparing the stress factor susceptibility index (SFSI). Eleven diverse South Asian genotypes were evaluated under spot blotch stress (non-fungicide protected plots), heat stress (late planted and fungicide protected), both stresses (non-fungicide protected and late planted) and normal planting situations (fungicide protected and normal season planted) at Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal. Both stresses reduced the grain yield and thousand-kernel weight (TKW), but not other yield components, including grains/spike and spikelets/spike. Genotypes BL 1473, Gautam and NL971 were moderately to highly tolerant to both types of stress. Generally genotypes that are tolerant or resistant to spot blotch also showed tolerance to heat stress, suggesting a common physiological mechanism to combat both stresses in tolerant genotypes.

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