Technologies ready to scale
- Solarization of nursery beds
- Use of insect-proof netting in a nursery bed
- Use of plant resistance to manage pests and diseases
- Establishment of seedlings in sterile medium in germination trays
- Use of Trichoderma in seedling establishment
- Hand pulling and spot spraying to reduce pesticide use.
Technologies Transferred
- Solarization
- Insect proof netting in nursery beds
- Establishment of seedlings in germination trays
- Trap crops
- Scouting to inform decisions
- Trichoderma in the management of nematodes of French beans
- Rouging to control viral diseases
- Spot spraying and rouging to control aphids in brassica
- Superior varieties and plant resistance in the management of bacterial wilt of tomato
- healthy seedlings
- Mulching (organic materials and plastic)
- Pests identification and scouting
- Pesticide handling and application safety
- Soil /media sterilization
- Seed treatments
- Crop/variety resistance
- Crop rotation
- Farm Record keeping
- Chlorinated water for shelf life improvement
- Protected culture (low and high tunnels)
- Grafting for management of soil borne diseases
- Plant extracts and microbial pesticides
- Proper pesticide rotations
- Fumigation
- Neem oil (Nimbecidine)
- Scouting
- Weeding alternative hosts
- Staking
- Pruning
- Proper plant spacing
Technologies Scaled
- Scouting for pests and diseases to inform on whether to start management strategies
- Rouging to reduce inoculum
- Spot spraying to reduce pesticide use
- Use of superior resistant varieties to exclude pests and diseases
- Seed/seedling selection for inherent pest and disease resistance and site selection to reduce pest and disease incidence.