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Tag Archives: Millipedes

Piecemeal versus one-time harvesting of sweet potato in north-eastern Uganda with special reference to pest damage

Eric Muthuri April 22, 2011 Comments Off on Piecemeal versus one-time harvesting of sweet potato in north-eastern Uganda with special reference to pest damage

Sweetpotato in Uganda

In north-eastern Uganda, the sweet potato crop of small subsistence farmers is severely affected by many pests, including (rough) sweet potato weevils, nematodes and millipedes. Field experiments with sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) were conducted at Arapai Station in Soroti District, northeastern Uganda in three consecutive seasons to study …

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Are millipedes a pest in low-input crop production in north-eastern Uganda? Farmers' perception and experimentation

Eric Muthuri August 28, 2007 Comments Off on Are millipedes a pest in low-input crop production in north-eastern Uganda? Farmers' perception and experimentation

Farmers’ perception was collected and experiments were done, through a series of research work between 2000 to 2003 in north-eastern Uganda. This research work included: (i) Field survey on farmers’ knowledge on sweet potato production and perception of millipede infestation; (ii) Field assessment of pests in sweet potato and other …

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