The IPM CRSP Funded by USAID

Eighth Annual Report
of the Integrated Pest Management Collaborative
Research Support Program (IPM CRSP)

Table of Contents
Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Asia, Eastern European Site in Albania

Africa

Mali

Overview of the West Africa Site in Mali

Abstracts

Solarization, Compost, Water Application Frequency, and Biocontrol Measures for Seedling Diseases of Green Beans

Management of the Insect Complex of Green Bean

Development of an Integrated Package for Management of Disease and Insect Pests on Green Beans

Management of Insects Pests of Hibiscus

Management of Insect Pests of Tomatoes

Development and Dissemination of Integrated Packages for Insect and Disease Management

Integrated Weed Control Strategies for Green Bean, Tomato, and
Hibiscus Production

Gender Analysis of IPM Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Horticulture

Participatory Assessment

Technical Support for the Environmental Quality Laboratory and
Pesticide Safety Education for Farmers

Innovative Technologies for Striga Management

Uganda

IPM CRSP Africa Site in Uganda: Year 8 Overview Report

Abstracts

Farmer-Participatory Evaluation of Cowpea Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Technologies in Eastern Uganda

Damage-Yield Relationship and Economic Injury Levels of Flower Thrips on Cowpea

Screening Cowpea Germplasm for Disease and Pest Resistance

Field Management of Post-Podding Pests and Bruchids of Cowpeas Using Botanicals

Integrating Defoliation and Minimal Insecticide Application in Management of Major Insect Pests and Diseases of Cowpea

A Field Survey for Groundnut Pests in Eastern Uganda

Integrated Management of Groundnut Insect Pests and Diseases

Survey of Predators and Parasitoids of Major Insect Pests of Groundnuts

Establishment and Spread of Cotesia flavipes A Braconid Parasitoid of the Stalk Borer Chilo partellus, an Exotic Pest of Maize and Sorghum in Uganda

Identification of Sources of Resistance to and Spread of
Cercospora zeae-maydis on Maize in Uganda

The Effect of Placement Method and Rate of Application of Crushed Fish Bones on the Activity of Predatory Ants and Their Impact on Termite Damage to Maize

Development of Novel Options for Striga Management in Sorghum in Uganda

Evaluation of Tomato Varieties for Resistance to Bacterial Wilt

Evaluation of Management Practices on Incidence of Late Blight and Insect Pests on Tomatoes

Damage-Yield Relationships of Major Pests of Tomatoes in Central Uganda

On-Farm Surveillance of Tomato Pests

Assessment of the Impact of Planting Date on Potato Late Blight Severity and Yield Under Different Fungicide Spray Regimes

Mould Incidence and Mycotoxin Contamination in Maize and Groundnuts in Uganda

An Economic Evaluation of the Different IPM CRSP Technologies in the Control of Cowpea Pests and Diseases in Kumi and Pallisa Districts

Assessing IPM CRSP Strategies on Groundnut Diseases in Kumi

An Economic Assessment of Novel Striga Management Options of Sorghum in Uganda

An Economic Assessment of Integration Of Plant Resistance and Minimum Fungicide Use for Management of Potato Late Blight in Kabale, Southwestern Uganda

Economics of Fresh Market Tomato Production by Peri-Urban Farmers in Wakiso District

Collaborative IPM Training for IDEA Project Field Coordinators

Geographic Information Systems to Enhance IPM Collaborative Research in Uganda

Etiology and Epidemiology of Coffee Wilt Disease in Uganda

Ecuador

Overview of South America Site in Ecuador

Abstracts

I. Pest Monitoring and Diagnosis I.1. Pest Monitoring and Diagnostic Survey of Incidence and Importance of Diseases of Potato in Ecuador

II. Multidisciplinary On-Farm Pest Management Experiments II. 1.
Participatory evaluation and multiplication of potato clones with
long term resistance to late blight (Phytophthora infestans)

II.2 Biological control of the two main potato pests in Ecuador: the Andean Weevil (Premnotrypes vorax) and the Central-American Moth (Tecia solanivora) using products with low toxicity to mammals.Subactivity II.2.1 Strain collection of Beauveria sp and Metearhizium anisopliae in the provinces of Cañar and Carchi, Ecuador

Subactivity. II.2.2 Control of the Andean weevil (Premnotrypes vorax H.) in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) using Triflumur

II. 3. Approaches to Managing the Primary Pests of Babaco (Carica heilbornii nm pentagona), Naranjilla (Solanum quitoence), Tree Tomato (Solanum betaceum) and Blackberry (Rubus glaucus) in Ecuador Subproject II.3.1: Graft Compatibility and Development of Babaco Plants Grafted Onto Various Rootstocks With Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum

Subactivity II.3.2 Production of Eotetranychus nr. deflexus (McGregor) for mass breeding of acari for biological control of fruit mites (on Babaco (Carica x heilbornii nm. pentagona) in Pichincha, Ecuador

Subproject II.3.3 Determination of the Causal Agent of Naranjilla Vascular Wilt of "Common Naranjilla" in the Pastaza valley of Ecuador

Subproject II. 3.4 A Survey of Naranjilla Diseases and Production Practices in the Pastaza valley of Ecuador

Subactivity. II.3.5. Biological control of Barotheus castaneus by Entomopathogenous fungi, on Blackberry (Rubus glaucus Benth)

II.4 Development of IPM Programs for Plantain System in Ecuador

II.5: Mass Production of Local Strains of Entomopathogenic Fungi to Control Black Weevil in plantain

II. 6. Effects of Trapping systems and other IPM Practices on the Population Dynamics of Cosmopolites sordidus on Plantain in Ecuador

II. 7Survey of the incidence and economic importance of nematodes of plantain in Ecuador 7

II.8 IPM for Plantain/Coffee Agro forestry System in Northwestern Ecuador: A land use Alternative to Low-Quality Pasture Within a Fragile Agro-ecosystem

III. 1. Modeling impacts of changes in pest management technologies

III. 2. Intra-household Resource Dynamics and Adoption of Pest Management Practices

III. 3: Validation and Diffusion of Models for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of Potato in Carchi and Bolívar, Ecuador

Guatemala and Honduras

Overview of Central America Site in Guatemala and Honduras

Abstracts

I.1 An Assessment of Production, Postharvest Handling, and Regulatory Compliance (including food safety) Factors Critical to Sustainable NTAE Program Development

Assessment of the Impact on Rural Health of IPM CRSP Technology Adoption in the NTAE Snow Pea Production System

Economic and Socioeconomic Impact Assessment of IPM and of Non-traditional Crop Production Strategies on Small Farm Households in Guatemala

Improved IPM Production Strategies for Integration into Prototype
Preinspection Programs in NTAE Crops

1.2 Effect of 8 Planting Distances on Snow and Sweet Pea Yields in the Guatemalan Highlands

Design of Bioclimatic Models for Leaf Miner (Liriomyza huidobrensis) and Ascochyta Spot (Ascochyta sp) in Snow Pea (Pisum sativum) in Chimaltenango Guatemala, 2000

Organic production of snow peas (Pisum sativum L.) at Sololá in Guatemala

Genetic Transformation of "Solo" and Native Type Papaya for Resistance to Papaya Ringspot Potyvirus (PRV-p)

Monitoring Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition at the Different Projects
Conducted under the IPM-CRSP Program.

IV.1 Institutionalization of an IPM CRSP Quality Control Process in the Production and Export of Snow Peas (Pisum sativum L.) from Guatemala

Evaluation of the Portable Sticky Trap "torito" as Part of an Integrated Management Program for Whiteflies in Tomato

Biofumigant Effect of Several Sources of Organic Material in Broccoli (Brassica oleracea Var. Itálica)

Biofumigation as Soil Amendment and Method of Soil Decontamination for the Integrated Pest Management of Tomato in Sanarate, Guatemala, 2000

Design of a Bioclimatic Model for Diamond Back Moth (Plutella xylostella) in Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) in the Valley of Chimaltenango, Guatemala 2000

Overview of the Caribbean Site

Abstracts

Integrated Pest Management of Pests Affecting Hot Pepper, Capsicum chinense

Integrated Pest Management of Pests Affecting Callaloo, Amaranthus sp.

Integrated Pest Management of Major Pests Affecting Sweetpotato,
Ipomoea batatas, in the Caribbean

An IPM Strategy to Combat the Gall Midge Complex Affecting Hot Pepper

Philippines

Overview of the Southeast Asian Site in the Philippines

Abstracts

Integrated Weed Management Strategies in Rice-Onion Systems

Management of Eggplant Shoot and Fruit Borer, Leucinodes orbonalis, by Net Barrier

Seasonal Abundance and Economic Importance of Liriomyza trifolii Burgess in Rice-Onion Cropping Systems

Influence of Host Resistance and Grafting on the Incidence of
Bacterial Wilt of Eggplant

Combined Resistance of Eggplant, Solanum melongena L., to Leafhopper, Amrasca biguttula (Ishida) and the Eggplant Borer, Leucinodes orbonalis (Guenee)

Effect of NPV-CRSP Formulation Against the 3rd Instar Larvae of the Common Cutworm, Spodoptera litura (Fabr.), Attacking Onions

Screening Commercial Onion Cultivars for Resistance to Pink Root
(Phoma terrestris)

Insecticide Applications Against Spodoptera Based on Trends in
Sex Pheromone Trap Catches

Effect of Level of Defoliation at Different Crop Ages on Yield of Onion

Biological Control of Soil-Borne Pathogens in Rice-Vegetable Systems

Control of Root-knot Nematodes with Selected Biological Control Agents and Plant Extracts in Rice-Vegetable Systems

Screening Commercial Onion Cultivars for Resistance to Anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides)

Management of Seed-borne Diseases of Pepper

Social Impact Assessment of Rice Hull Burning and
Stale Seedbed Technique

Economic Impacts of IPM Practices in Rice-Vegetable Systems

IPM Technology Transfer and Feedback

Village Level Integration of Alternative Integrated Pest Management Strategies in Rice-Onion Cropping Systems

Bangladesh

Overview of the South Asia Site in Bangladesh

Abstracts

Monitoring of Pests and Their Natural Enemies in Vegetables in
Rice-Vegetable Cropping Systems

Varietal Screening of Eggplant for Resistance to Bacterial Wilt, Fruit and Shoot Borer, Leafhopper (jassids) and Root-knot Nematode, and of Tomato for Resistance to Bacterial Wilt, Virus Disease and Root-knot Nematode

Evaluation of Grafted Eggplant and Tomato Plants to Bacterial Wilt at BARI Farm and in Farmer Fields

Development of Eggplant Hybrids Resistant to Bacterial Wilt, Fruit & Shoot Borer and Root-knot Nematode

Management of Lepidopteran Pests in Cabbage Using an Integrated Approach

Management of Cabbage Pests Using a Nylon Net Barrier

Assessment of Virus Infestation at Different Stages of Okra Plants

Management of Cucurbit Fruit Fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae, in Cucumber and Sweet Gourd by Using Pheromone and Indigenous Bait Traps and Its Effect on Year-round Incidence of Fruit Fly

Management of Soil-borne Pathogens of Eggplant, Cabbage and Cucumber

Study on the Biology and Effectiveness of Trathala flavoorbitalis and
Trichogramma sp. for the management of Eggplant Fruit and Shoot Borer (FSB) in the Laboratory and the Greenhouse

Measure Economic Impacts of Bangladesh IPM CRSP Research Activities

Study on Price and Marketing of Vegetables and Implications for Pest
Management Practices

Women's Status and Adoption of Integrated Pest Management: A Study of Rural Bangladesh

Overview of the Eastern Europe Site in Albania

 Abstracts

Monitoring of Crop Pests and Their Natural Enemies in Olive Production Systems

Effect of Harvest Timing on Olive Fly Infestation and Olive Oil Yields and Quality

Organic Methods of Vegetation Management and Olive Insect Control

Effect of Pruning on Olive Production, Infestation by Black Scale and the Incidence of Olive Knot and Timing of Copper Sprays to Control Leaf Spot and Olive Knot

Pheromone-Based IPM in Olive and Effects on Non-Target Species