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Neem hinders pollination
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Neem hinders pollination
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Many people sing the praises of the neem tree, partly because of its insect repellent constituents. Rightfully so. However, its growing popularity is causing problems for fruit farmers with neem in the vicinity. Its insect repelling component (azadirachtin) keeps insects away, thus preventing pollination of nearby flowering fruit trees. In 2001, a mango plantation in Uganda failed to fruit after neem trees, planted in 1999, started to flower for the first time.
Many people sing the praises of the neem tree, partly because of its insect repellent constituents. Rightfully so. However, its growing popularity is causing problems for fruit farmers with neem in the vicinity. Its insect repelling component... |
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2001
2014-10-16T09:06:06Z 2014-10-16T09:06:06Z |
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News Item
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CTA. 2001. Neem hinders pollination. Spore 96. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46358 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99599 |
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en
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Spore;96
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Open Access
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Spore
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