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Canavalia And Dolichos Extracts For Sustainable Pest Biocontrol And Plant Nutrition Improvement In El Salvador, Carlos Martinez Oct 2019

Canavalia And Dolichos Extracts For Sustainable Pest Biocontrol And Plant Nutrition Improvement In El Salvador, Carlos Martinez

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Botanical repellents and pesticides are now being rediscovered as new tools for integrated pest management in order to reduce the use of toxic chemicals in crop production. Canavalia gladiata and Dolichos lablab are two Fabaceae very well adapted to farmlands of El Salvador, effective as living barriers and mostly as cover crops, however, they are not yet very well disseminated. This document describes the potential for using the liquid extracts and the dry flour of raw seeds of those plants for economic benefit and practical convenience for pest management in Salvadorian agriculture under field conditions. Seed extracts were useful when …


W289-R Ipm Quickfacts Series: Oystershell Scale, Amy Fulcher, Heather Bowers May 2013

W289-R Ipm Quickfacts Series: Oystershell Scale, Amy Fulcher, Heather Bowers

Insects, Pests, Plant Diseases and Weeds

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Pest Management Decistion-Making: The Economic-Injury Level Concept, Diane G. Alston Jul 2011

Pest Management Decistion-Making: The Economic-Injury Level Concept, Diane G. Alston

All Archived Publications

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The Home Orchard Pest Management Guide, Diane Alston, Sherman Thomson Jan 2000

The Home Orchard Pest Management Guide, Diane Alston, Sherman Thomson

All Archived Publications

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Alternate Forms Of Pest Execution, Dennis Hinkamp Jan 2000

Alternate Forms Of Pest Execution, Dennis Hinkamp

All Archived Publications

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Utah Fruit Pest Control Handbook, Sherman V. Thomson, Diane G. Alston, Steven Dewey Jan 1998

Utah Fruit Pest Control Handbook, Sherman V. Thomson, Diane G. Alston, Steven Dewey

All Archived Publications

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