Pest management and other agricultural practices among farmers growing cruciferous vegetables in the Central and Western highlands of Kenya and the Western Himalayas of India

2006 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco R. Badenes-Perez ◽  
Anthony M. Shelton
Author(s):  
Chinnasamy Durairaj ◽  
Subramaniam Sambathkumar ◽  
Subbarayalu Mohankumar

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1890
Author(s):  
Lara Ivanković Tatalović ◽  
Barbara Anđelić ◽  
Mišel Jelić ◽  
Tomislav Kos ◽  
Hugo A. Benítez ◽  
...  

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is used in assessing the effect of environmental stress on the development stability of individuals by measuring small random deviations from perfect bilateral symmetry. Here, we checked for FA on two predatory carabid beetles, Pterostichus melas and Poecilus koyi, in order to evaluate species response to agricultural practices within Mediterranean agroecosystems, as well as FA as a method. The samples were collected in vineyards and olive groves, both under integrated pest management (IPM) and ecological pest management (EPM), and in pristine habitats in the Mediterranean region of Croatia. Geometric morphometrics (GMMs) were used to analyze the pronotum and abdomen shape variations and left–right asymmetries of each population. In respect to the FA measurements, analyzed species responded differently, with P. koyi displaying a lower intensity of FA than P. melas. On the other hand, P. melas beetles from vineyards showed a higher intensity of FA compared with populations from pristine habitats and olive groves. Accordingly, FA pointed out olive groves as potentially less adverse habitats to predatory carabids, keeping in mind the different levels of asymmetry between the two species. Our study singled out P.melas as a more suitable species for further research, in the effect that different agricultural practices can have their impact on non-target invertebrates analyzed by measuring the FA.


Foods ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-Yves Werrie ◽  
Bastien Durenne ◽  
Pierre Delaplace ◽  
Marie-Laure Fauconnier

The extensive use of chemical pesticides leads to risks for both the environment and human health due to the toxicity and poor biodegradability that they may present. Farmers therefore need alternative agricultural practices including the use of natural molecules to achieve more sustainable production methods to meet consumer and societal expectations. Numerous studies have reported the potential of essential oils as biopesticides for integrated weed or pest management. However, their phytotoxic properties have long been a major drawback for their potential applicability (apart from herbicidal application). Therefore, deciphering the mode of action of essential oils exogenously applied in regards to their potential phytotoxicity will help in the development of biopesticides for sustainable agriculture. Nowadays, plant physiologists are attempting to understand the mechanisms underlying their phytotoxicity at both cellular and molecular levels using transcriptomic and metabolomic tools. This review systematically discusses the functional and cellular impacts of essential oils applied in the agronomic context. Putative molecular targets and resulting physiological disturbances are described. New opportunities regarding the development of biopesticides are discussed including biostimulation and defense elicitation or priming properties of essential oils.


Author(s):  
Pavla Sehonova ◽  
Michaela Nemeckova ◽  
Lucie Plhalova ◽  
Petr Marsalek ◽  
Veronika Doubkova ◽  
...  

The aim of this study was to compare the occurrence of important mycotoxins often contaminating fruits, in particular aflatoxin B1, ochratoxin A, patulin, and an indicator of fungal metabolism – kojic acid, in dried apples from organic production and integrated pest management with origin in the Czech Republic. Regardless of the production management, both aflatoxin B1 and patulin concentrations were below the limit of quantification. Ochratoxin A was present in all samples examined in our study with concentrations ranging from 4.22 to 15.99 µg kg–1. Kojic acid concentrations ranged from 3.57 to 9.44 mg kg–1. However, no significant difference in ochratoxin A and kojic acid concentrations was found between samples coming from integrated pest management and samples coming from organic agriculture. The results of this study show that apples originating in organic production or integrated pest management have, under the same independent conditions, an equal probability of containing (or omitting) similar levels of the investigated mycotoxins. Moreover, these results, while demonstrating safe levels of some mycotoxins in different agricultural practices also highlight gaps in knowledge and legislation that may have direct and crucial effects on human health.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
S S Basiev ◽  
A D Bekmurzov ◽  
S A Bekuzarova ◽  
T A Dulaev ◽  
L B Sokolova ◽  
...  

Nowadays researchers are focused on biological farming. In modern environmental conditions the reduction of the chemical load on the environment is a current issue. In the article the following plants are used as pest management, especially, with Colorado potato beetle: jimson weed, white hellebore, Camelina. They contain a lot of alkaloids and essential oils that inhibit weeds and frightening off potato pests. The use of such agricultural practices on large areas reduces the cost of chemical means of pest control and improves product quality while maintaining the environment.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6767
Author(s):  
Stefan Toepfer ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Buyun Wang ◽  
Yan Qiao ◽  
Haomin Peng ◽  
...  

This 5-year study addresses how improved quality of agricultural extension may lead to more sustainable pest management. We studied 112 agricultural extension workers trained as plant doctors under the Plantwise program in China. They run 70 plant clinics in Beijing, Guangxi, and Sichuan provinces. We analysed 47,156 recommendations issued by these plant doctors to 13,051 different growers between 2012 and 2017, and this for 250 different plant health problems on 91 crops. We also interviewed growers who had taken queries to plant clinics. On average, 86% of plant doctors provided comprehensive integrated pest management recommendations to the growers, with a 16% improvement in comprehensiveness over years. This most often included advice of synthetic pesticides (66%) with its frequency not much changing with time. In contrast, as a likely result of Plantwise interventions and China’s pesticide reduction policies, recommendations for biological control increased from 2% to 42%, pest monitoring by 8%, and cultural control by 11%. Recommendations of problematic plant protection agents as listed in the Montreal Protocol, Stockholm or Rotterdam convention, or as highly toxic under WHO’s toxicity classification were already rare in 2013 (1.9%) and nearly phased out by 2017 (0.2%). About 92% of growers implemented the advice, suggesting that agricultural extension services may contribute to changes in agricultural practices at scale. Further investment in such agricultural extension services may be warranted instead of phasing them out.


2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 297 ◽  
Author(s):  
NFN Sudiono ◽  
Surjono Hadi Sutjahyo ◽  
Nurheni Wijayanto ◽  
Purnama Hidayat ◽  
Rachman Kurniawan

<p>Produktivitas usahatani sayuran menghadapi kendala produksi akibat gangguan organisme pengganggu tanaman, hal tersebut dapat diselesaikan melalui praktek pertanian yang baik dan pengendalian hama terpadu. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan indikator pengelolaan usahatani tanaman sayuran berkelanjutan dan menganalisis nilai indeks keberlanjutan pengelolaan usahatani berbasis pengendalian hama terpadu. Penelitian dilaksanakan dari bulan Maret sampai Oktober 2015 di Kabupaten Tanggamus, Provinsi Lampung. Metode penelitian menggunakan analisis multi dimensional scaling (MDS), leverage analysis, analisis Monte Carlo dengan teknik rapid appraisal for integrated pest management (Rap IPM) yang hasilnya dinyatakan dalam bentuk nilai indeks dan status keberlanjutan. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 60 atribut yang di antaranya terdapat 20 faktor pengungkit atau atribut yang sensitif terhadap nilai indeks dan status keberlanjutan. Indeks keberlanjutan usahatani tanaman sayuran berbasis PHT di Kabupaten Tanggamus termasuk kriteria kurang berkelanjutan, dengan indeks gabungan sebesar 48,13. Indeks keberlanjutan yang paling tinggi adalah dimensi sosial dan ekonomi masing-masing sebesar 60,90 dan 51,39 termasuk kriteria cukup berkelanjutan, sedangkan dimensi ekologi, teknologi, dan kelembagaan masing-masing sebesar 48,54; 38,36; dan 40,61 termasuk kriteria kurang berkelanjutan.</p><p>The yield of vegetable is at risk due to the incidence of pests and pathogens. It was related to good agricultural practices and integrated pest management. The purposes of this research were to identify indicators of sustainable vegetables farm and to analyze index sustainability of vegetable farm based on integrated pest management. The research was conducted from March to October 2015 in Tanggamus District, Lampung Province. This research applied multi dimensional scaling (MDS), leverage analysis, and Monte Carlo analysis by rapid appraisal for integrated pest management (Rap IPM). Research showed that among 60 indicators analyzed there were 20 sensitive indicators that affected sustainability index and status. Sustainability index in Tanggamus District were dimension of social and economy obtained value 60.90 and 51.39, it was categorized as sufficiently sustainable, while sustainability index of ecology, technology, and institution dimensions were 48.54, 38.36, and 40.61 respectively, which were considered as less sustainable.</p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 130-137
Author(s):  
Sangita Devi ◽  
C. Goswami Dulal

This study attempts to analyse and interpret the land use and land cover changes in two Himalayan river basins viz. the Subansiri and the Alaknanda of eastern and western Himalayas respectively using Remote Sensing and GIS technologies with the help of LANDSAT imageries and standard procedures. It is found from the study that the vegetation cover had declined by 1.81% and barren land by 3.82% in 14 years in case of the Subansiri basin, while in case of the Alaknanda basin, the corresponding values work out to be 4.24% and 3.54% in 13 years. The reason for the decline of the forest cover and barren land may be due to the increasing agricultural practices, population pressure and construction activities in the basins. There are positive changes in agricultural lands by 6.39% and 6.40% in the Subansiri and the Alaknanda basin respectively to fulfil the needs of rising population and their livelihood. The NDVI shows high vegetation indices in both the basins (0.97 in Subansiri and 0.91in Alaknanda). From the study, anthropogenic activities are found to be comparatively more pronounced in the Alaknanda basin as compared to the Subansiri basin.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
. Nurindah ◽  
Dwi Adi Sunarto ◽  
. Sujak

<p>Pengelolaan serangga hama dalam good agricultural practices (GAP) menerapkan cara-cara memproduksi tanaman yang berkualitas dengan menggunakan metode-metode pengelolaan serangga hama yang dapat meningkatkan keragaman genetik, keanekaragaman hayati dan habitatnya, serta terhadap struktur sosial dan komunitas pedesaan. Strategi ‘tolak-tarik’ (‘push-pull’ strategy) merupakan salah satu teknik pengenda-lian hama yang berprinsip pada komponen pengendalian non-toksik, sehingga dapat diintegrasikan dengan metode-metode lain yang dapat menekan perkembangan populasi hama dengan meningkatkan peran mu-suh alami pada pertanaman. Penelitian tanaman perangkap untuk pengendalian serangga tanaman temba-kau cerutu besuki dilaksanakan di Desa Antirogo, Kecamatan Sumbersari, Jember pada bulan Agustus–De-sember 2008. Pada penelitian ini digunakan tanaman jarak kepyar, sorgum, dan kacang hijau sebagai ta-naman penarik yang ditanam secara berlajur sebanyak satu atau dua baris di antara delapan baris tanaman tembakau. Sebagai pembanding adalah tanaman tembakau monokultur dengan penyemprotan insektisida secara berjadwal setiap empat hari sejak 10–50 HST dan petak kontrol, yaitu tanaman monokultur tanpa pe-ngendalian hama sama sekali. Penelitian disusun dalam rancangan acak kelompok dengan lima perlakuan yang diulang lima kali. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memilih tanaman perangkap yang dapat digunakan da-lam program pengendalian hama cerutu besuki secara terpadu. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tanam-an jarak kepyar, sorgum, dan kacang hijau dapat digunakan sebagai tanaman perangkap, sehingga populasi hama pada tembakau dapat ditekan hingga 50% dan diperoleh produksi daun basah (8,62–9,17 ton/ha vs 8,42 ton/ha) dan kerosok (1,01–1,07 ton/ha vs 0,96 ton/ha) dengan mutu yang lebih baik dibandingkan kontrol (indeks mutu: 62,5–64,4 vs 62,1). Penggunaan kacang hijau memberikan produksi kerosok dengan mutu baik tertinggi, sehingga memberikan penerimaan yang lebih tinggi dibandingkan perlakuan lain. Pe-nyemprotan insektisida secara berjadwal untuk mengendalikan serangga hama tembakau cerutu besuki na-oogst merupakan tindakan pengendalian yang tidak efektif dan juga tidak efisien, karena sasaran serangga hama tidak tepat, sehingga terjadi pemborosan biaya input.</p><p> </p><p>Pest management in good agricultural practices concept use methods of qualified crop production processes with considering increasing genetic diversity, biodiversity and its habitat as well as social structure and village community. Push-and-pull strategy is a pest control method with a non-toxic method principal so that it can be integrated with other methods to suppress pest population and increase natural enemies’ populationin the ecosystems. Research on trap crops used for controlling insect pests on besuki-cigar tobaccowas conducted on besuki-cigar tobacco fields planted after rice (na-oogst) in Jember on August–December2008. In this research activity we used castor, sorghum, and mungbean as trap crops, each was intercroppedin one or two rows between eight rows of tobacco plants. We used monoculture tobacco plants withscheduled sprays of chemical insecticide, i.e. 4 days-spray interval on 10–50 days after planting and controlplots without any insect pest control for comparison with the use of trap crops. The research was arrangedin randomized block design with five treatments and five replicates. The aim of the research is to choose asuitable trap crop used in pest management of besuki cigar tobacco. The results showed that castor, sorghum,and mungbean could be use as trap crops to suppress insect pests population up to 25% on tobaccoplants and would give leaf production (1.01–1.07 ton/ha vs 0,96 ton cured leaves/ha) with a better quality(quality index: 62.5–64.4 vs 62.1) than those of control. Mungbean is the best trap crop as it gives a highestleaf production with a better quality, so that gives a better income than those of other treatments. Scheduledchemical insecticide sprays to control insect pest on na-oogst-besuki cigar tobacco was not either effectiveor efficient, because the target pest was not right, so that causing a wasteful input cost.</p>


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