Cocoa plants sprayed with insecticide such as Gamma HCH,methamidophos and cypermethrin using mistblowers at weekly intervals for 20 consecutive weeks produced high number of cocoa flowers but the percentage of effective pollination was not significantly different frOm the control.The effects of insecticides on the insects varied. The population of mosquitobug, Helopeltis sP , was low but there was fluctuation with the midges, Forcipomyia spp. aphids, Aphis and mely bugs, Cataenococus spp. The emergence of midges frOm the ground traps indicated that spraying of insectiicides did not affect the breeding of the midges in the cocoa field
In Nigeria, the brown cocoa mirid Sahlbergella singularis is responsible for over 30% yield loss in ...
Cocoa yield in the major cocoa-producing countries is far below potential levels. It has been shown ...
Management of insect pests of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) using insecticides began in 1950 and has si...
Chemical control of insect pests of cocoa started in 1950, and insecticides from the various classes...
Cocoa pod borer, Conopomorpha cramerella is is the most devastating pest responsible for the decline...
Control of cocoa mirid, Helopeltis antoniiso far uses chemicalinsecticides as the main alternative. ...
Control of cocoa mirid, Helopeltis antoniiso far uses chemicalinsecticides as the main alternative. ...
In South-East Asia, cocoa production is dramatically affected by cocoa pod borer (CPB) infestations....
Objective: An insect survey was carried out in ten farm plots to determine whether there are other t...
Natural enemy is an important factor in management of cacao pests. One way to increase its diversity...
The sustainability of cocoa production in Indonesia is faced with the problem of the cocoa pod borer...
Cocoa production is affected by cocoa flowering and fruiting. The factor affects fruit seeting is po...
In the humid tropics, a significant amount of the agricultural landscape where cocoa (Theobroma caca...
Cocoa production is affected by cocoa flowering and fruiting. The factor affects fruit seeting is po...
Cocoa pod borer (CPB) is the most serious pest of cocoa and the infestation caused severe losses of ...
In Nigeria, the brown cocoa mirid Sahlbergella singularis is responsible for over 30% yield loss in ...
Cocoa yield in the major cocoa-producing countries is far below potential levels. It has been shown ...
Management of insect pests of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) using insecticides began in 1950 and has si...
Chemical control of insect pests of cocoa started in 1950, and insecticides from the various classes...
Cocoa pod borer, Conopomorpha cramerella is is the most devastating pest responsible for the decline...
Control of cocoa mirid, Helopeltis antoniiso far uses chemicalinsecticides as the main alternative. ...
Control of cocoa mirid, Helopeltis antoniiso far uses chemicalinsecticides as the main alternative. ...
In South-East Asia, cocoa production is dramatically affected by cocoa pod borer (CPB) infestations....
Objective: An insect survey was carried out in ten farm plots to determine whether there are other t...
Natural enemy is an important factor in management of cacao pests. One way to increase its diversity...
The sustainability of cocoa production in Indonesia is faced with the problem of the cocoa pod borer...
Cocoa production is affected by cocoa flowering and fruiting. The factor affects fruit seeting is po...
In the humid tropics, a significant amount of the agricultural landscape where cocoa (Theobroma caca...
Cocoa production is affected by cocoa flowering and fruiting. The factor affects fruit seeting is po...
Cocoa pod borer (CPB) is the most serious pest of cocoa and the infestation caused severe losses of ...
In Nigeria, the brown cocoa mirid Sahlbergella singularis is responsible for over 30% yield loss in ...
Cocoa yield in the major cocoa-producing countries is far below potential levels. It has been shown ...
Management of insect pests of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) using insecticides began in 1950 and has si...