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Integrated pest management of food legume insect pests in North Africa, West and Central Asia

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Title Integrated pest management of food legume insect pests in North Africa, West and Central Asia
 
Creator El Bouhssini, Mustapha
 
Contributor Malhotra, Rajinder
Ali, Lina
Imtiaz, Muhammad
Hamwieh, Aladdin
Street, Kenneth
Bari, Abdallah
Lhaloui, Saadia
El-Fakhouri, Karim
Sabraoui, Abdelhadi
 
Description Food legumes (chickpea, lentil, faba bean) are important crops in North Africa, West and Central Asia
(CWANA). However, their production is adversely affected by a number of insect pests such as chickpea
Leaf miner and Pod borer, Sitona and aphids. ICARDA, in collaboration with its partners, has been
developing integrated pest management options for these pests. The management strategies include host
plant resistance, cultural practices and biological control. Several sources of resistance to Sitona of lentil
and chickpea Leaf miner have been identified in the ICARDA genebank. The Focused Identification of
Germplasm Strategy (FIGS) has been used to select sub-sets from the genebank to screen for the different
pests. Germplasm carrying resistance to chickpea Leaf miner has been developed and shared with
partners. Also, QTLs associated with resistance to chickpea Leaf miner have been identified. Early
planting of chickpea in winter has been shown to be less damaged by the Leaf miner compared to the
spring-sown crop. A number of essential oils and plant extracts from several plant species have showed
good insecticidal activities against chickpea Pod borer and Leaf miner. In a recent study conducted in
2014 and 2015, a liquid formulation of the seed dressing insecticide Celest ®Top (a.i. Difenoconazole +
Fludioxonil+ Thiamethoxam) has been found effective in reducing damage caused by Sitona and Stem
borer on faba bean and Pea aphid on lentil. Several natural enemies have been shown to be associated
with food legume pests and their potential role in regulating food legume pest populations will be
discussed.
 
Date 2017-03-08T07:02:39Z
2017-03-08T07:02:39Z
 
Type Conference Paper
 
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Mustapha El Bouhssini, Rajinder Malhotra, Lina Ali, Muhammad Imtiaz, Aladdin Hamwieh, Kenneth Street, Abdallah Bari, Saadia Lhaloui, Karim El-Fakhouri, Abdelhadi Sabraoui. (31/12/2016). Integrated pest management of food legume insect pests in North Africa, West and Central Asia. Marrakesh, Morocco.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/6326
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)