Testing different levels of moth capture in pheromone traps and damage incidence as decision tools for pesticide intervention

Testing different levels of moth capture in pheromone traps and damage incidence as decision tools for pesticide intervension

This study focused on the diversity, abundance and seasonal patterns of both indigenous and invasive fruit flie species, in addition to identifying the factors influencing their...

To know the demographic information of the Liberia cassava stakeholders. To get baseline information on the available cassava products in Liberia.

The project aim was to promote integrated crop management technologies to improve plantain productivity of smallholder farmers in West and Central Africa. The experiments were...

Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) is a serious threat to banana and plantain (Musa spp.) production. BBTD is caused by the Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV, genus Babuvirus) which...

Banana and plantain (Musa spp) represent an important food and cash crop worldwide. Their cultivation faces many pest and disease constraints amongst which banana bunchy top...

Bioversity and IITA saw great benefits for Rwandan farmers and the public agricultural administration should SDSR become an accepted option for the management of BXW. To achieve...

Sustainable Enset farming systems for food security and livelihood improvement in Gamo highlands

Enhancing nutritional quality of plantain food products through improved access to endophyte primed and high pro vitamin A plantain cultivars under integrated soil fertility...

Enhancing nutritional quality of plantain food products through improved access to endophyte primed and high pro vitamin A plantain cultivars under integrated soil fertility...

Fopius arisanus (Sonan), a koinobiont solitary egg-pupal endoparasitoid of numerous tephritid fruit fly specie, was recently introduced into Africa for the control of the...

Identifying parasitoids (natural enemies) of armyworms and testing their acceptability, suitability and host range on Spodoptera spp.

This report summarizes the findings from male annihilation experiments in northern Benin using methyl eugenol - for suppression of Bactrocera dorsalis - and terpinyl acetate for...

Taking Maize Agronomy to Scale in Africa

Anoplolepis tenella is an afrotropical ground-dwelling ant species with widespread distribution in the forest zones of Central Africa, where it is largely found in association...

Scarcity of planting materials, pest and diseases are major constraints to yam production. The tissue culture techniques, meristem culture combined with heat therapy has been...

Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) is transmitted persistently by the banana aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel. To effectively and sustainably manage BBTV threat, this study...

The project aims to understand the interactions between the weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (predator) and the wasp Fopius arisanus (parasitoid) two natural enemies of the...

IITA is implementing a baseline survey of Humid Tropic program in Rwanda, Congo and Burundi. The survey will serve not only as the baseline against which the HumidTropic program...