scholarly journals INTEGRATED PATHOGENS AND PESTS MANAGEMENT IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Loredana Suciu ◽  
Felicia Mureşanu ◽  
Laura Şopterean ◽  
Ana-Maria Vălean ◽  
Felicia Chețan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Minimal Impact ◽  
Soybean Crop ◽  
Balanced Fertilization

Attack pathogens and increasing abundance of some insect pests were favored by the climate changes, culture technologies practiced and increasing of cultivated areas with soybeans. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the attack of pathogens in soybean crop and to monitor some pest Lepidoptera species in order to identify technological measures to ensure their control by methods with minimal impact on the environment. The experiment was performed at the Research and Development Station for Agriculture Turda during 2018-2020 period. The best technological option is plowing, balanced fertilization and fungicides application, either alone, or in combination with an insecticide.

scholarly journals Big-eged bugs Geocoris: Diets research and potential of use in prevention of a number of insect pests in Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Nguyen Ngoc Bao Chau ◽  
Le Thuy To Nhu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Mass Rearing ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Perennial Crops ◽  
The World ◽  
Agriculture Development

Big-eyed bugs Geocoris spp. (Lygaeidae, Hemiptera) are small insects that is found in many parts of the world. They are beneficial because they eat a multitude of insect pests in agriculture. Big-eyed bugs Geocoris spp. are insects that receive research attention in Florida and elsewhere because of the benefits that this species give to plants (Mead, 2001). Big-eyed bugs reproduce many generations in a year on weeds, perennial crops, bushes. In spring the female big-eyed bugs start laying eggs on the bud, the leaves of the host plant. Understanding the biology and the role of predator Geocoris spp. in ecosystem will provide an alternative method in sustainable agriculture development. In this short review, we discuss some convenient diets for the application of mass rearing Geocoris spp.

scholarly journals Aspectos Bionômicos de Spodoptera eridania (Cramer): Uma Praga em Expansão na Cultura da Soja na Região do Cerrado Brasileiro

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Henrique Sardinha de Souza ◽  
Eduardo Neves Costa ◽  
Anderson Gonçalves da Silva ◽  
Arlindo Leal Boiça Júnior
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Glycine Max ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Spodoptera Eridania ◽  
Soybean Crop ◽  
Glycine Max L ◽  
Midwest Region ◽  
Soybean Plants ◽  
Economical Losses

A soja, Glycine max (L.) Merril, é uma das culturas de maior importância econômica para o Brasil, considerada uma commodity nacional devido à sua alta produtividade e participação nas exportações no mercado internacional. Dentre os insetos-pragas que causam danos para essa cultura, nos últimos anos agrícolas têm merecido destaque as lagartas de Spodoptera eridania (Cramer), as quais podem se alimentar tanto de folhas quanto das vagens das plantas de soja, causando prejuízos econômicos para os sojicultores, principalmente nas áreas do Cerrado localizadas na região Centro-Oeste do país. O objetivo da presente revisão é disponibilizar informações sobre os aspectos bionômicos de S. eridania, a fim de dar subsídios para futuras pesquisas sobre o manejo dessa praga.Bionomic Aspects of Spodoptera eridania (Cramer): A Pest in Expansion on Soybean Crop in the Region of Brazilian CerradoAbstract. Soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merril, represents one of the major economically important crops to Brazil, and is considered a national commodity because of its high yield and participation in international trade exportations. Among the insect pests that cause damage to this crop, Spodoptera eridania (Cramer) larvae highlighted in the last agricultural seasons by feeding on leaves and pods of soybean plants, and hence causing economical losses to soybean growers, especially in the Cerrado areas located in the Midwest region of the country. We aimed with this review to provide information about bionomical aspects of S. eridania in order to give subsides for further researches on the management of this pest.

Buffaloes and Draught Power

1994 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charan Chantalakhana ◽  
Pakapun Bunyavejchewin
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Soil Compaction ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Crop Failure ◽  
Small Farmer ◽  
Animal Power ◽  
Draught Animals

Draught animals still do much of the work on farms in developing countries, as well as being used for transportation. Despite the efforts made by governments to promote mechanization, tractors are not a realistic alternative for the average small farmer. Animals such as the buffalo have been used for centuries without causing any air or water pollution or soil compaction; they are an integral part of a sustainable agriculture, producing milk, meat and manure without any external cash inputs, and they buffer the farmer against crop failure and provide companionship. Draught animal power on small farms is not a backward way of farming but it needs support from research and development agencies if it is to develop its full potential.

scholarly journals Host Preference, Mode of Damage and Succession of Major Insect Pests of Brinjal

2020 ◽  
pp. 68-78
Author(s):  
Saifullah Omar Nasif ◽  
Shafiquzzaman Siddiquee
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stresses ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Host Preference ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Seasonal Abundance ◽  
Biotic And Abiotic Stresses ◽  
Host Preferences ◽  
Damage Pattern ◽  
Fruit Borer

Brinjal is one of the most popular solanaceous vegetables worldwide because of its nutritive and nutraceutical values. In recent decades, brinjal cultivation has been experiencing increased biotic and abiotic stresses due to the climate changes, which had affected the cultivation practices, growers’ profit and consumers’ choice to a larger extent. Amongst different insect pests, brinjal shoot and fruit borer (BSFB) is the major one causing significant reduction in economic yield followed by epilachna beetle, aphid, jassid and whitefly. On the other hand, proper knowledge on nature of damage, host preference, and seasonal abundance of insect pests is a pre-requisite for development and deployment of an appropriate, effective and timely management strategy against the pests.  A pool of literatures on host preferences, damage pattern and succession of major insect pests of brinjal has been reviewed and presented in this paper.

Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Changes in Egypt

2013 ◽  
pp. 41-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan R. El-Ramady ◽  
Samia M. El-Marsafawy ◽  
Lowell N. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Climate Changes

Agricultural technology is unavoidable, directional, combinatory, disruptive, unpredictable and has unintended consequences

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-297
Author(s):  
Victor O Sadras
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Agricultural Technology

Science historian James Burke, scientist turned writer Isaac Asimov and polymath Stuart Kauffman have all argued, from different angles, that technology is unavoidable, directional, combinatory, disruptive and unpredictable. They also highlight the unintended consequences of technology seeking to fix a problem and creating new problems and opportunities. Here I draw on their vision to outline these features of technology with a focus on sustainable agriculture and highlight their implications for investment in research and development, and connecting public policy and technological change.

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