creators_name: McLeod, Anni
creators_name: Ndungu, Beth
creators_name: Karanja, Daniel
creators_name: Karanja, Peter
editors_name: Powell, Jane
editors_name: et al., 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-04-28
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:32:13
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title: Farmer evaluation of biocontrol methods against rootknot nematodes in tomatoes

ispublished: pub
subjects: 8planthealth
subjects: 2systems
subjects: 5vegetables
full_text_status: public
keywords: Colloquium of Organic Researchers; COR; tomato; root-knot nematode; participatory budgeting; Kenya; biological pest control
abstract: This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Root-knot nematodes in tomatoes cause financial loss to Kenyan smallholders. While soil fumigation appears to be losing effectiveness two bio-control agents (bcas), Pasteuria penetrans and Verticillium chlamydosporium, appear promising. Participatory budgeting is being used to compare the bcas with chemical and other biological controls on commercial and organic smallholdings.
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference
publisher: Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
pagerange: 123-124
refereed: never
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Little, T; Ali Mhd A; Kmiani M; Oruko L; Williamson S (2000) Analysis of farmers decision making  in pest management. DFID/CPP Project ZA0352 (R7500). A report on fieldwork carried out in  Kenya and India, December 1999-February 2000.  
Oruko L; Ndungu B (2001). Final socio-economic report for the Peri-Urban Vegetable IPM Cluster.  CABI/KARI/HRI/NRI/University of Reading/IACR Rothamsted Collaborative Project.   
citation: McLeod, Anni; Ndungu, Beth; Karanja, Daniel and Karanja, Peter (2002) Farmer evaluation of biocontrol methods against rootknot nematodes in tomatoes. UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Aberystwyth, 26-28 March 2002. In: Powell, Jane and et al., (Eds.) Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, pp. 123-124.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/8311/1/McLeod_Farmer_evaluation_biocontrol.pdf