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Demonstration of an Integrated Pest Management Program for Wheat in Tajikistan

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Title Demonstration of an Integrated Pest Management Program for Wheat in Tajikistan
 
Creator Landis, Douglas A.
 
Contributor Saidov, Nurali
Jalilov, Anwar
El Bouhssini, Mustapha
Kennelly, Megan
Bahlai, Christie
Landis, Joy
Maredia, Karim
 
Subject cereal leaf beetle 
wheat stripe rust
sunn pest
 
Description Wheat is an important food security crop in central Asia but frequently suffers severe damage and yield losses from insect pests, pathogens, and weeds. With funding from the United States Agency for International Development, a team of scientists from three U.S. land-grant universities in collaboration with the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas and local institutions implemented an integrated pest management (IPM) demonstration program in three regions of Tajikistan from 2011 to 2014. An IPM package was developed and demonstrated in farmer fields using a combination of crop and pest management techniques including cul- tural practices, host plant resistance, biological control, and chemical approaches. The results from four years of demonstration/research indicated that the IPM package plots almost universally had lower pest abundance and damage and higher yields and were more profitable than the farmer practice plots. Wheat stripe rust infestation ranged from 30% to over 80% in farmer practice plots, while generally remaining below 10% in the IPM package plots. Overall yield varied among sites and years but was always at least 30% to as much as 69% greater in IPM package plots. More than 1,500 local farmers—40% women—were trained through farmer field schools and field days held at the IPM demonstration sites. In addition, students from local agricultural universities participated in on-site data collection. The IPM information generated by the project was widely disseminated to stakeholders through peer-reviewed scientific publications, bulletins and pamphlets in local languages, and via Tajik national television.
 
Date 2016-07-12
2017-03-12T22:50:37Z
2017-03-12T22:50:37Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/5CawVvOo
Douglas A. Landis, Nurali Saidov, Anwar Jalilov, Mustapha El Bouhssini, Megan Kennelly, Christie Bahlai, Joy Landis, Karim Maredia. (12/7/2016). Demonstration of an Integrated Pest Management Program for Wheat in Tajikistan. Journal of Integrated Pest Management, 7 (1), pp. 1-9.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/6432
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Oxford University Press (OUP)
 
Source Journal of Integrated Pest Management;7,(2016) Pagination 1-9