particularly in Egypt. It is consumed as a fresh table tomato and as an essential raw material for a variety of food processing industries. Tomatoes are grown in both greenhouses and in open fields. The tomato leaf-miner‚ Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a serious pest of both open fields and greenhouses. It is a South America species (Giordano & Silva‚ 1999) and recently became an alime species in Europe subsequently spread throughout the Mediterranean Basin (EPPO‚ 2011). This
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5 june 2011‚ Transgenic Bt Cotton CICR TECHNICAL BULLETIN NO: 22 TRANSGENIC Bt COTTON Dr CD Mayee Dr P Singh Dr AB Dongre Dr MRK Rao Dr Sheo Raj Central Institute for Cotton Research Nagpur Downloaded from www.cicr.org.in Technical Bulletin from CICR (www.cicr.org.in) 1 Transgenic Bt Cotton TRANSGENIC Bt COTTON 1. Introduction Cotton is one of the major fibre crops of global significance. It is cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of more than eighty countries
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1. Introduction The application of large number of pesticides are used in modern agriculture for control various insect pest population. The varieties and consumption of pesticides have been increasing as increased human population and crop production therefore misuses of pesticides become more and more serious problem as environmental point of view (Sitaramaraju et al. 2014). The increasing amount of crop productivity is not achieved without risk of human health and environment. The repeated application
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same species (Shorey 1973). These chemicals can be released by males and/or females‚ depending on the species (Gieselhardt et al. 2008‚ Ayasse et al. 2001). Pheromones generally consist of a carbon backbone of between 10 and 20 carbon atoms (in Lepidoptera)‚ these are however arranged to form multitudes of different compounds‚ ranging from methyl groups and alcohols to fatty acids and acetates. These include isomers and stereoisomers of the same compounds allowing for a large diversity and chance
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HORTICULTURAL CROPS (AGR452) (APR 2011) Question 1 a) Define the following terms:- (5m) i) Horticulture:- the science and art of cultivating flowers‚ fruits‚ vegetables‚ turf and ornamental plants in an orchard‚ garden‚ nursery or greenhouse on anlarge or small scale. Often considered as those require intensive culture and grown in small areas. ii) Horticulturist :- A noun reffering to a specialist in horticulture. b) 5 common examples of classification used in horticulture
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Fig. ( 1 ): Symptoms of an infected onion plants with IYSV in a commercial onion field and greenhouse . Fig. ( 1 -A‚B‚C‚D ) : IYSV Symptoms development in the field showing chlorotic‚ elongate ringed lesions on leaves and tip dieback (A) ‚ Straw-colored‚ lenticular or spindle -shaped lesions (B )‚ chlorotic‚ spindle-shaped lesions on onion leaf and spindle to diamond shaped lesions on the flower scapes (C‚D) . symptoms of IYSV in the greenhouse transmitted with virulifierous Thrips tabaci showing
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Guava (Psidium Guajava) is a genus of about 100 species of tropical shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It is native in Mexico‚ as well Central America‚ Northern America and parts of the Carribeanbut not cultivated throughout the tropics. In Tagalog ‚ name bayabas are probably local renditions of guayaba. Numerous references in medical research identify guava as Psidium Guajava. Guavas (singular guava‚ /ˈɡwɑː.və/)[3] are plants in the Myrtle family (Myrtaceae) genus Psidium‚ which
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Genetic engineering of plants (crops) Pros|Cons| Less tillage needed‚ especially with crops containing herbicide tolerance transgenes‚ therefore conserves fertility through minimizing soil damage through compression. |GE agriculture claims low tillage weed control: this can be achieved by ending the practice of monoculture and instead introducing proper crop rotations designed specifically to combat the weeds of the particular locality. Monoculture creates a weed paradise. | All countries face
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GUIDELINES FOR EXPORT OF INDIAN MANGOES TO USA Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Ministry of Commerce‚ Govt. of India)‚ 3rd Floor‚ NCUI Building 3‚ Siri Institutional Area‚ August Kranti Marg‚ New Delhi - 110 016 Phone : 91-11-26513204‚ 26514572‚ 26534186 Fax : 91-11-26526187 Email: headq@apeda.gov.in April 2007 1 Table of Contents Section 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 2. 2.1. 2.1.1 2.1.2. 2.1.3. 2.1.4. 2.2. 2.2.1 2.2.2. 2.2.3 2.2.4. 2.2.5. 2.2.6. 2.3. 2.3
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Azolla (mosquito fern‚ duckweed fern‚ fairy moss‚ and water fern) is a genus of seven species of aquatic ferns in the family Salviniaceae. They are extremely reduced in form and specialized‚ looking nothing like conventional ferns but more resembling duckweed or some mosses. Azolla is a free floating aquatic fern‚ which nowadays can be found in freshwater environments in temperate and tropical regions all over the world. It ranks among the fastest growing plants on Earth
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