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Bean Fly
Diamondback Moth
Fall Army Worm
Spider Mites
Thrips
Tomato Leaf Miner
Whitefly
Wireworm
Pest Insects:
Bean Fly (Ophiomyia Phaseoli):
“Bean Stem Maggot/Bean Fly”
N. Murage et al. in Plantwise (2013)
Diamondback Moth (Plutella xylostella):
“A Binomial Sequential Sampling Plan Using a Composite Threshold for Caterpillar Management in Fresh market Collard”
J. Smith and B. Shepard in Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology (2004)
“Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) in Southern Africa: Research Trends, Challenges and Insights on Sustainable Management Options”
H. Machekano et al. in Sustainability (2017)
“Diamondback Moth”
Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization
Fall Army Worm (Spodoptera frugiperda):
“Programmatic Pesticide Evaluation Report and Safer Use Action Plan (PERSUAP)- Fall Army Worm Management in Africa”
USAID (2017)
“Fall Army Worm (Spodoptera Frugiperda)”
State Department of Agriculture
“Fall Armyworm”
M. Otipa et al. in Plantwise (2017)
Spider Mites (Tetranychus spp.):
“Farmers’ control practices against the invasive red spider mite, tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard in Benin”
G. Azandeme-Hounmalon et al. in Crop Protection (2015)
“Dispersal Behavior of Tetranychus evansi and T. urticae on Tomato at Several Spatial Scales and Densities: Implications for Integrated Pest Management”
G. Azandémè-Hounmalon et al. in Plos One (2014)
“Red Spider Mite on Tomato”
M. Otipa et al. in Plantwise (2013)
Thrips (Thrips tabaci):
“Management of Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) through Agronomic Practices in Onion Field Plots”
A. Khaliq et al. in Pakistan Journal of Zoology (2016)
“The Importance and Management Option of Onion Thirps, Thrips Tabaci (L.) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Ethiopia: A Review”
T. Shiberu and A. Mahammed in Advance Research in Agriculture and Veterinary Science (2014)
“Thirps on French Bean”
Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization
“Species Composition and Occurrence of Thrips on Tomato and Pepper as Influenced by Farmers’ Management Practices in Uganda”
Ssemwogerere et al. in Journal of Plant Protection Research (2013)
Tomato Leaf Miner (Tuta absoluta):
“American Leafminer Factsheet”
Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization
“Enhancing Plant Resistance at the Seed Stage: Low concentration of methyl jasmonate reduce the performance of the leaf miner Tuta absoluta but do not alter the behavior of its predator”
Strapassion et al. in Journal of Chemical Ecology (2014)
“First evidence of deuterotokous parthenogenesis in the tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).“
R. Caparros Megido et al. in Journal of Pest Science (2012)
“First Record of Tomato Leaf Miner Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Tanzania”
M. Chidege et al. in Agriculture & Food Security (2016)
“Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) Amendment Pesticide Evaluation Report and Safer Use Action Plan PERSUAP – Nepal, Tuta absoluta”
J. Bowman from USAID
“Integrated Pest Management of the tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Tomato Fields in Egypt”
N. Goda et al. in Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control (2015)
“IPM Recommendations for Management of Tuta absoluta”
Ajay P. Giri, LalitSah, Bakhundole, and Lalitpur
“Natural enemies of the South American moth tuta absoluta in Europe, North Africa and Middle East, and their potential use in pest control stratgies”
L. Zappilá et al. in Journal of Pest Science (2013)
“Susceptibility of Seven Selected Tomato Cultivars to Tuta absoluta– Implications for Its Management”
S. Ghaderi et al. in Journal of Economic Entomology (2017)
“Tuta absoluta: A Serious and Immediate Threat to Tomato Production in Nepal”
iDE Nepal
“Tuta Absoulta: The tomato leaf miner”
R. Muniappan in Collaborative Research on Integrated Pest Management (IPM IL) (2014)
Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci):
“Management of Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses in Open-Field Production Systems”
M. Lapidot et al. in “Advances in Virus Research – Control of Plant Virus Diseases: Seed-Propagated Crops” (2014)
“Implementation and success of host periods for managing tomato whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses (begomoviruses) in developing countries”
R. Gilbertson in Deparment of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis
“Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Practices for Whitefly in Tomato, Pepper, Chili and Eggplant Crops in Africa”
J. Macharia et al. in International Cooperators’ Guide (2016)
“The Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) Interaction with Geminivirus-Infected Host Plants”
R. Gilbertson et al. (2011)
“White Flies on French Beans”
S. Kiritai et al. in Plantwise (2013)
Wireworm:
“Wireworms’ Management: An Overview of the Existing Methods, with Particular Regards to Agriotes spp. (Coleoptera: Elateridae)”
F. Barsics et al. in Insects (2017)
Plant Pathogens:
“Bacterial Soft Rot of Vegetables, Fruits, and Ornamentals”
University of Illinois Extension (1990)
“Bacterial Wilt on Tomatoes”
M. Otipa et al. in Plantwise (2013)
“Bean Rust”
E. Ringera et al. in Plantwise (2013)
“Black Rot on Cabbage”
M. Otipa et al. in Plantwise (2013)
“Blossom End Rot in Tomatoes”
P. Kodwaran et al. in Plantwise (2013)
“Experiences in Managing Bacterial Wilt of Tomato in East Africa”
J. Mbaka (2014)
“High Tunnel Tomato Diseases”
S. Miller
“Identification and Management of Tomato Diseases” (English Version)
Anna Testen and Sally Miller, The Ohio State University; Delphina Mamiro, Hosea Mtui, and Jackson Nahson, Sokoine University of Agriculture
“Identification and Management of Tomato Diseases” (Swahili Version)
Anna Testen and Sally Miller, The Ohio State University; Delphina Mamiro, Hosea Mtui, and Jackson Nahson, Sokoine University of Agriculture
“Plant Disease Diagnostic Capabilities and Networks”
Miller et al. in Annual Review of Phytopathology (2009)
“Onion Purple Blotch”
M. Otipa et al. in Plantwise (2013)
“Pythium Root Rot of Common Bean: Biology and control methods. A review”
J. Nzungize et al in Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environmental Journal (2012)
“Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl”
M. Otipa et al. in Plantwise (2014)
Vegetable Disease Facts
S. Miller
“Virus Management in Vegetables”
Integrated Pest Management Innovation Lab- Nepal
Other Resources:
“Defence Mechanisms of Brassicaceae Implications for Plant-insect Interactions and Potential for Integrated Pest Management. A review”
I. Ahuja et al. in Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2010)
For other crop pests:
Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization eMIMI list
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