scholarly journals Management of termite in wheat under semi irrigated condition

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Upesh Kumar ◽  
G. A. Patel ◽  
H.P. Patel ◽  
R.P. Chuadhari ◽  
S.S. Darji
Keyword(s):  
Seed Treatment ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Wheat Crop ◽  
Staple Food ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Rainfed Condition ◽  
Average Productivity ◽  
South West ◽  
The World ◽  
Odontotermes Obesus

Wheat [Triticum aestivum (Linnaeus) Em. Thell] belongs to family Gramineae, believed to have originated from South West Asia. It is most important cereal cultivated crop in temperate area of the world. Wheat is second important staple food crop after rice. In field condition the termite (Odontotermes obesus Rambur) is predominant insect-pest causing 20-40% damage to the crop particularly in rainfed condition. For the management of termite in wheat, Krishi Vigyan Kendra demonstrate the technology - Seed treatment by Fipronil 5% SC @ 6 ml./ kg seed before sowing and soil treatment by Fipronil 5 % SC @ 1.6 lit./ha. During 2016-17 and 2017-18 at farmers field in adopted village of KVK conduct the demonstration. Under the technology, reduce the termite infestation 53.46 per cent resulted18.92 per cent enhance the productivity of wheat crop. Under IPM technology, the average productivity of chickpea is 3865 Kg/ha whereas in farmers practice, the average productivity of chickpea is 3250 Kg/ ha.

scholarly journals An Overview: Distribution, Production, and Diversity of Local Landraces of Buckwheat in Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dol Raj Luitel ◽  
Mohan Siwakoti ◽  
Pramod Kumar Jha ◽  
Ajay Kumar Jha ◽  
Nir Krakauer
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Finger Millet ◽  
Tartary Buckwheat ◽  
Marginal Land ◽  
Staple Food ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Important Food ◽  
Cropping Patterns ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
The World

Buckwheat is a sixth staple food crop after rice, wheat, maize, finger millet, and barley in Nepal. It is considered as an alternate cereal and poor man’s crop, representing an important food supply in remote places of Himalayas. It is the best crop in higher altitude in terms of adaptation to different climatic variables and easily fitted to different cropping patterns due to short duration. It is cultivated on marginal land in 61 out of 75 districts of Nepal from some 60 m to 4500 m asl, especially hilly and mountain districts like Rukum, Rolpa, Jajarkot, Dolpa, Humla, Jumla, Kalikot, Kavre, Dolakha, and Okhaldhunga. Sweet buckwheat varieties are generally grown in midhill and Terai but Tartary buckwheat varieties are grown in higher altitude. There are altogether 19 local landraces of sweat buckwheat and 37 for Tartary buckwheat listed from Nepal. The largest producers are China, USA, and Russia and Japan is principal user of global buckwheat grown in the world. In Nepal, it is cultivated in 10510 ha area with production of 10355 t/yr and yield of 0.983 t/ha. It has also medicinal value used in different forms including all its parts so the demand of buckwheat is increasing.

scholarly journals Vulnerabilities of wheat crop farmers in war zone

Food Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-439
Author(s):  
A.N. Stanikzai ◽  
F. Ali ◽  
N.H. Kamarulzaman
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Wheat Crop ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
War Zone ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The World ◽  
Production Industry

Wheat is the staple food crop in Afghanistan and maintaining its production plays important role in ensuring food security and food self-sufficiency. Wheat and its products are accounted for almost 60% to 75% of calories intake. However, being a country that has been facing war since 1978, it has been challenging for the wheat production industry to maintain its production to feed its people. Hence, the purpose of this study is to investigate wheat crop industry players’ vulnerabilities in the production of the wheat crop in a prolonged war zone. The study is conducted through the case study approach. Required data was collected through interviews, observations and documents which was analyzed through thematic analysis. This study found that in addition to the normal vulnerabilities/issues faced by the wheat crop industry players in the world, the players in the war zone have to face psychological effects, and financial corruption as well.

Production.

2021 ◽  
pp. 91-128
Author(s):  
Anthony Keith Thompson ◽  
Ibok Oduro
Keyword(s):  
World Production ◽  
Staple Food ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
The World

Abstract This chapter covers the world production and trade of yams as a staple food crop. It provides details of yam production and yield by country.

Larval trypanorhynch cestodes in teleost fish from Moreton Bay, Queensland

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (11) ◽  
pp. 2123 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Beveridge ◽  
T. H. Cribb ◽  
S. C. Cutmore
Keyword(s):  
Host Species ◽  
Teleost Fish ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
The South ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Moreton Bay ◽  
South West ◽  
Lizard Island ◽  
The World

During a helminthological examination of teleost fish of Moreton Bay (Qld, Australia), 976 fish from 13 orders, 57 families and 133 species were examined and nine species of trypanorhynch metacestodes were identified. Callitetrarhynchus gracilis (Rudolphi, 1819) was the most frequently encountered species, found in 16 species of fish, with Callitetrarhynchus speciosus (Linton, 1897), Pterobothrium pearsoni (Southwell, 1929), Otobothrium alexanderi Palm, 2004, Otobothrium mugilis Hiscock, 1954, Otobothrium parvum Beveridge & Justine, 2007, Proemotobothrium southwelli Beveridge & Campbell, 2001, Pseudotobothrium dipsacum (Linton, 1897) and Heteronybelinia cf. heteromorphi Palm, 1999 occurring in fewer host species and at lower prevalences. Comparisons are made with studies elsewhere in the world and specifically within the South-west Pacific. Of the best studied regions in the South-west Pacific (Heron Island, Lizard Island, New Caledonia and now Moreton Bay), the fauna from Moreton Bay was found to be the most distinctive, with fauna from the three reef locations sharing 35–48% of species between sites and just 12–24% with Moreton Bay. The fauna of trypanorhynch cestodes from Lizard Island and New Caledonia was found to be the most similar.

scholarly journals EVALUASI EFEK KEMASAN PLASTIK TERHADAP DAYA SIMPAN BERAS (Evaluation on The Effects of Type of Plastics Packaging on The Storage Life of Rice)

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Elmi Kamsiati ◽  
Emmy Darmawati ◽  
Yadi Haryadi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Sitophilus Oryzae ◽  
Total Mortality ◽  
Storage Life ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Staple Food ◽  
English Version ◽  
Agricultural Commodity ◽  
Central Kalimantan

<p>Beras merupakan komoditas penting karena merupakan makanan pokok sebagian besar penduduk Indonesia. Selama penyimpanan, beras dapat mengalami kerusakan karena pengaruh lingkungan, maupun serangan serangga hama pascapanen. Sitophilus oryzae merupakan serangga hama pascapanen yang banyak menyerang beras, menyebabkan susut bobot dan pencemaran kualitas selama penyimpanan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mempelajari pengaruh jenis kemasan terhadap kematian Sitophilus oryzae dan menentukan kemasan yang sesuai untuk penyimpanan beras. Tiga varietas beras lokal Kalimantan Tengah (Siam Jurut, Siam Unus dan Karang Dukuh) yang diinfestasi dengan Sitophilus oryzae dikemas dengan plastik “hermetik” laminat, polipropilen (PP) dan poli etilen densitas rendah (LDPE). Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa jenis plastik berpengaruh nyata pada kematian Sitophilus oryzae dalam kemasan. Total kematian Sitophilus oryzae dicapai setelah tiga hari dalam plastik “hermetik” laminat, tujuh hari dalam plastik PP. Sedangkan dalam plastik LDPE, total kematian dicapai setelah 20 hari penyimpanan.</p><p>Kata kunci :beras, kemasan plastik, Sitophilus oryzae, penyimpanan</p><p>English Version Abstract</p><p>Rice is an important agricultural commodity serves as staple food for most of Indonesian people. During storage, rice can be damaged due to environmental factors as well as postharvest pest. Sitophilus oryzae is insect pest that attacks rice during storage causing quantity and quality losses. The objective of this research was to study the effects of type of packaging on the S.oryzae mortality and determine the appropriate packaging for rice during the storage. Three varieties of Central Kalimantan local rice (Siam Jurut, Siam Unus and Karang Dukuh) that infested by S.oryzae were packaged using three types of packaging, i.e “hermetic” laminat, polypropilen (PP) and low density polyetylen (LDPE) plastics. The result of showed that the type of packaging significantly effected the S.oryzae mortality. Total mortality of S.oryzae reached after three days, seven days, and 20 days in hermetic, PP, LDPE respectively.</p><p>Keywords :rice, plastics packaging, Sitphilus oryzae, storage</p>

scholarly journals Evaluation on the Effect of Sustainable Environmental Friendly Bio-pesticide on the Growth of seed Borne Fungi (Aspergillus niger) on Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-79
Author(s):  
Azawei A. ◽  
Okorodo P.C. ◽  
Blessing E.
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oils ◽  
Vigna Unguiculata ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Seed Treatment ◽  
Callosobruchus Maculatus ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
Plant Essential Oils ◽  
Environmental Friendly ◽  
Randomized Design

Evaluation on the Effect of Sustainable Environmental Friendly Bio Pesticides Application on the Growth of Seed borne Fungi on Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) was conducted at the Department of Crop and Soil Science Laboratory, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. To determine the percentage (%) efficacy of plant essential oils and to evaluate the best plant essential oil on the suppression of the pathogen cultured and treated Potatoes Dextrose Agar (PDA) plates with the different plant essential oils concentration levels (0.1, 0.01, and 0.001%). This experiment was arranged in Complete Randomized Design (CRD) and each treatment was replicated three times and each replicate contained 12 petri dishes. The result shows that ginger oil at 0.1 in all the days of the bioassay assessment, particularly, from day 6-day10 proved more effective in suppressing the teste pathogen (A. niger), this could be the present of the active ingredient (Zingerone) on the treatment. Therefore, this result should be encouraged for Cowpea farmers as seed treatment before storage to prevent Cowpea weevils (Callosobruchus maculatus) as a grain storage insect pest, that causes serious destruction on the stored grains.

scholarly journals Place of Groundnut in the Cropping System, Constraints, Local Taxonomy and Farmers' Criteria for Characterizing Groundnut Cultivars in Niger

2021 ◽  
pp. 44-60
Author(s):  
Nana Mariama Idi Garba ◽  
Abdoulkarim Toudou ◽  
Maman Laouali Adamou Ibrahim ◽  
Idrissa Soumana ◽  
Yacoubou Bakasso
Keyword(s):  
Insect Pests ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Cultivation System ◽  
Seed Collection ◽  
Local Diversity ◽  
The World ◽  
National Production

The groundnut is a leguminous, olea-proteaginous, cultivated in all the tropical zones throughout the world. In Niger, groundnut is used both as a cash and food crop and is highly valued for its nutritional and economic qualities. In order to show the local diversity of groundnut and its place in the cultivation system in Niger, a prospecting survey and seed collection was conducted in the regions of Zinder, Maradi, Tahoua and Dosso, which account for more than 90% of the national production. Two hundred and seventeen (217) producers were surveyed, using a quota-oriented technic. It emerged from this study that groundnut is generally grown pure or in association with cereals (millet, sorghum) or other legumes (cowpea, sorrel, sesame). Few producers know the varieties they use (55 437, RRB, JL 24, FLEUR 11); the rest only know the local names of the varieties (El Laray, El Haoussa, MargaMarga, El Dakar, Mai Silbi, Garangagia, Bahaoussa, El Masar, Tsougouné, El Arba'in). This denomination depends on the origin of the variety, its morphology and earliness. The seeds are generally sold or used for transformation and the leaves are also either sold or kept for animals. Haulms are mostly given to animals during the dry season. The prices of haulms and seeds are higher during the same period and therefore vary according the periods. Producers cited several constraints related to groundnut production which are Insufficient fertilizer, diseases and insect pests, insufficient rainfall, and problem of seeds quality.

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