August 2011

Quantitative survey of stored products mites infesting wheat flour in Jeddah Governorate

  In this study, a faunistic survey of mites was conducted in different product stores such as bakeries, warehouses, mills, department stores and houses during a nine month study period (October 2009 to June 2010), in Jeddah governorate. The survey was carried out on wheat flour as different samples 150 gm each were collected monthly from three regions; North, Middle and South. The results of the current study...

Author(s): Abir Sulaiman Al-Nasser

August 2011

Botanicals for the management of insect pests in organic vegetable production

  This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacies of some botanical products on insect populations associated with two vegetables; Eggplant and Okra. Two field experiments were conducted on-station at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kwadaso, Kumasi, and on-farm at Eatwell farm at Agona-Mampong all in the Ashanti region of Ghana from December 2009 to March 2010 and September to December 2010,...

Author(s): Mochiah M. B., Banful B., Fening K. N., Amoabeng B. W., Offei Bonsu K.,Ekyem S., Braimah H. and Owusu-Akyaw M.