Integrated Pest Management in Cocoa Agroforests in Southern Cameroon: Constraints and Overview

Imports of pesticides have long been subsidised for use in the cocoa agroforests of the humid forest zone of southern Cameroon. With the liberalisation of the cocoa and pesticides sectors and the devaluation of the local currency (CFA franc), farmers are facing fluctuations in the price paid for cocoa and the high cost of farm inputs. Without the support of the extension services, they themselves have developed traditional integrated control methods based on the use of plant extracts mixed with conventional pesticides. From a survey of 300 cocoa farmers, the study assesses the farmers' command of these methods, the pests controlled, the problems encountered and the institutional constraints in the definition and dissemination of integrated control methods. The study concludes with recommendations for research and development towards the better definition and dissemination of integrated control methods. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Responding to Economic Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Farmer-Developed Pest Management Strategies in Cocoa-Based Plantations in Southern Cameroon

Cocoa is a key or source of income and poverty reduction in the humid forest of Southern Cameroon. Cameroon like other African countries went through a major economic crisis in the early 1980s with a decline in international commodity prices and significant changes in macroeconomic policies. Structural adjustment reforms following the economic crisis led to removal of fertilizers and pesticides subsidies, cocoa price liberalization and the overall withdraw of Government interventions from the cocoa sub-sector. Cocoa input price increases have been compounded by the devaluation of the CFA Franc, which doubled the prices of the imported pesticides which were considered key to the control of cocoa pests. This overall economic shock led to changes in cocoa producer's production decisions as a response to minimize cost. Among the changes the use of alternatives to imported chemicals for cocoa pest control. Farmers responded to the high prices of pesticides by developing, from local botanical knowledge and pest management strategies, which include plant extracts and plant extracts mixed with pesticides at different proportions. This is a major decision given the importance of imported chemical in the cost of production of cocoa. Valuable indigenous knowledge from farmers could be used also as an effective support system for communicating and diffusing modern knowledge and technologies to farmers. The paper describes the farmer knowledge-based alternatives to chemical pesticides for pest control in cocoa fields as a response to high pest control costs. Pest management specialists are urged to take advantage of this shift in practice and assess their effectiveness for further use. Two sets of questions are posed: (1) were the conventional insecticides, with all their problems, really necessary? and (2) are the materials derived from locally grown plants effective pest management agents or are they, in some way, placebos?     

基于GIS的三江源地区物种多样性保护优先性分析

根据我们的多次科考调查和青海省对野生动物的调查结果等有关资料图件,对三江源地区的物种多样性和人类干扰因素等进行了分析和评估。选择9种鸟类、15种哺乳动物、20种植物作为本研究的指示物种,利用GIS制作了主要的珍稀濒危野生动植物分布图。选择放牧、人口、居民点、公路等因素作为生物多样性的主要干扰因素,制作出三江源地区干扰强度空间分布图。然后根据物种的丰富度和特有性、脆弱性和干扰程度等指标分析了三江源地区物种多样性保护优先性地区,做出了物种多样性保护优先地区空间分布图。     

甜菜夜蛾抗药性的研究进展

甜菜夜蛾是一种重要的农业害虫，其对许多杀虫剂都产生了抗药性。本文对甜菜夜蛾的抗药性发展状况及其抗药性机制进行综述，并总结了有效的抗性治理策略。     

除草剂对作物产生药害的原因及治理对策

本文论述了我国除草剂使用过程中作物产生药害的主要原因和除草剂药害的治理对策。提出:除草剂使用不合理,除草剂和作物本身的因素,异常的环境条件是药害产生的主要原因。杜绝假冒伪劣及不合格产品,加强除草剂试验、示范、推广工作,深化除草剂应用技术研究,加强农民用药技术水平培训是除草剂安全使用应解决的问题。     

害虫对新烟碱类杀虫剂的抗药性及其治理策略

烟碱和新烟碱类杀虫剂都是作为后突触烟碱乙酰胆碱受体(nAChRs)的激动剂作用于昆虫中枢神经系统,但这两类杀虫剂存在明显不同的选择毒性:烟碱类对哺乳动物毒性较高,而杀虫活性低;新烟碱类具有高杀虫活性,而对哺乳动物低毒。由于新烟碱类杀虫剂的作用方式独特,对以前使用的如拟除虫菊酯类、氯化烃类、有机磷类和氨基甲酸酯类等杀虫剂很少或无交互抗性,该类杀虫剂为防治一些世界性重大害虫(包括对以前使用的杀虫剂具有长期抗性的害虫)作出了重要贡献。但现已发现不少害虫对新烟碱类杀虫剂产生了抗性。文章就害虫对新烟碱类杀虫剂的抗性概况、抗性机理和抗性治理策略进行了综述。     

甘肃陇南市核桃病害调查及重要病害综合防治

[目的]为明确甘肃陇南地区核桃病害种类及重要病害的病原、为害特点、发生规律及综合防治策略[方法]通过采用踏查和五点取样对8县1区核桃主产区进行调查.[结果]发现为害核桃的病害8种,其中黑斑病、炭疽病、褐斑病和膏药病4种发生程度为重度.并对引起4种重要病害的病原、为害特点、发生规律及综合防控技术做了阐述.[结论]以期实现...     

土壤添加生物质炭和施肥对褐飞虱生长发育和生殖的协同效应

为评价土壤添加生物质炭控制褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens的应用潜力是否受到施肥的影响,在室内按析因设计进行添加生物质炭和施肥的盆栽试验,观察在生物质炭(0、10、50 g/kg)×施肥(不施肥、尿素、复合肥)处理后的水稻上取食的褐飞虱生长发育和生殖表现。结果表明,添加生物质炭对褐飞虱若虫发育历期的影响不因施肥而变化,少量(10 g/kg)和足量(50 g/kg)生物质炭处理下的若虫发育历期分别为13.7 d和13.9 d,但均比不添加生物质炭对照(12.9 d)显著延长。添加生物质炭对若虫存活率的影响与施肥有关,在施复合肥条件下生物质炭处理不影响存活率,而在施氮肥条件下足量生物质炭处理使若虫存活率(69.9%)比少量生物质炭处理(88.8%)显著降低。添加生物质炭对成虫长翅型比例的影响取决于施肥,虽然不施肥条件下添加足量生物质炭可使长翅型比例从少量处理的10.9%增至足量处理的40.2%,但在施复合肥或氮肥条件下,生物质炭不影响长翅型比例。添加生物质炭对褐飞虱生殖力的影响与施肥有关,在施复合肥条件下生物质炭对其生殖力影响不显著,在施氮肥条件下足量生物质炭处理的产卵量平均为170.6粒,较不添加生物质炭对照(290.3粒)和少量生物质炭处理(309.3粒)显著减少。研究结果表明,土壤添加生物质炭对褐飞虱存活和生殖的不利影响因施肥种类不同而有一定的变化。     

黑龙江省农作物病虫测报信息管理与预测系统的开发

根据黑龙江省植保工作的实际需要,同时考虑全国各地植保系统应用的通用性,利用数据库技术和专家系统技术开发了农作物病虫测报信息管理与预测系统。该系统建立了比较完善的数据管理机制,将病虫害监测数据的管理与专家系统测报的应用有机结合起来,具有较强的灵活性和通用性等特点。本文介绍了系统的设计与开发,包括系统的整体结构与功能、系统病虫害信息数据库的设计及整个系统的数据关系、各主要功能模块的设计与实现等,并就未来应用发展的可能性进行了讨论。