Crop Management Strategy Articles & Analysis
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Citrus greening, more widely recognized as Huanglongbing (HLB), is caused by the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, has emerged as one of the most destructive threats to citrus production worldwide. Since 2019, this disease has ravaged citrus industries worldwide, destroying approximately 75% of orange and 85% of grapefruit production in affected regions. It severely stunts tree ...
Insect pheromones are highly specific and have been successfully used to control pest populations, monitor insect activity, and enhance mating in agricultural crops. Oleyl alcohol has several advantages when used as a pheromone. ...
Tackling Malawi's Hidden Hunger through Selenium and Iodine biofortification to green vegetables and conservation agriculture (CA) field crops Introduction In sub-Saharan Africa, micronutrient deficiencies are common in poor and rural areas, due to over-farmed, depleted soils and restricted diets. ...
“Soil type, variety choice, field history and location, and awareness of the risk presented by previous crops are all factors that should be taken into account when devising a slug control strategy suited to the season ahead,” he says. ...
The objectives of this study were (i) to examine the relationships among NDVI determined early in the growing season, soil color-based management zones (SCMZ), and relative maize (Zea mays L.) grain yield and (ii) to determine if coupling soil color-based management zones with NDVI improves the accuracy of soil color-based management zone ...