ABOUT MILLET CROPS PESTS (LITERATURE REVIEW)

Cereal Crops : Rice , Maize , Millet , Sorghum , Wheat

Nonmarket Economic Impacts of Forest Insect Pests: A Literature Review

Rosenberger, Randall S.; Smith, Eric L. 1997. Nonmarket economic impacts of forest insect pests: a literature review. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-164-www. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 38 p. This report summarizes the results of research on the nonmarket economic impacts of forest insect pests. The majority of the research reports ar...

Cover crops and control of arthropod pests of agriculture

Cover crops can harbor both harmful and beneficial arthropods (1, 3). Damage to cover crops themselves is rarely of concern; more important is the possibility that pests harbored amid cover crops may disperse to adjoining cash crops [see Kennedy and Margolies (31) for a discussion of the dynamics of such mobile pests]. Here, I explore the roles that cover crops play in the life cycles and popul...

The impact of secondary pests on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops.

The intensification of agriculture and the development of synthetic insecticides enabled worldwide grain production to more than double in the last third of the 20th century. However, the heavy dependence and, in some cases, overuse of insecticides has been responsible for negative environmental and ecological impacts across the globe, such as a reduction in biodiversity, insect resistance to i...

Bt crops benefit natural enemies to control non-target pests

Crops producing insecticidal crystal (Cry) proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) control important lepidopteran pests. However, pests such as aphids not susceptible to Cry proteins may require other integrated pest management (IPM) tactics, including biological control. We fed aphids on Bt and non-Bt plants and analyzed the Bt protein residue in aphids and compared the effects of Bt plants ...