| New, Improved, and Expanded! Field Guide to African Soybean Diseases, Pests & Nutrient Deficiencies Available Now! April 1, 2021 |
 It’s here! The new and improved Field Guide is available for free now. Click here to access. You asked, we delivered. The Soybean Innovation Lab’s (SIL) network of growers, breeders, agronomists, researchers, seed companies, practitioners, and extension agents needed a practical solution for identifying and addressing soybean diseases, pests, and nutrient deficiencies in the field. In response, SIL developed a pictorial, easy-to-use guide that provides diagnostic tools, management solutions, and guidance for achieving a healthy soybean crop. The new & improved guide includes more information on important soybean pests and diseases, and a section on identifying and managing nutrient deficiencies, commonly confused for soybean diseases in the field. The guide contains more than 110 images gathered from SIL’s disease scouting network and soybean experts.  The Field Guide to African Soybean Diseases, Pests & Nutrient Deficiencies includes 7 sections to identify and address 44 potential threats to yield.  The expanded Field Guide covers important soybean diseases, pests and nutrient deficiencies including, from left, clockwise: Soybean Rust, Frogeye Leaf Spot, Calcium deficiency, Grasshopper, Stink Bug, Caterpillar, Bean Leaf Folder. As soybean production increases across Africa, disease and pest pressures become more threatening to growers. The soybean industry requires knowledge on how to identify and manage soybean diseases, prepare for outbreaks, and understand varietal resistance to prevent potentially devastating yield losses due to soybean diseases.The SIL Field Guide to African Soybean Diseases, Pest, & Nutrient Deficiencies is the the first and most comprehensive pictorial guide available to soybean producers in Africa. Download pdf here Access an online version here Field Guide Authors  The Field Guide to African Soybean Diseases, Pests, & Nutrient Deficiencies Version 2.0 was written by (left to right): George Awuni, PhD, Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University Glen Hartman, PhD, USDA-ARS and Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Nicole Lee, Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Harun Muthuri Murithi, PhD, Plant Pathologist, ARS-USDA Michelle Pawlowski, PhD, Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Daniel B. Reynolds, PhD, Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University The first edition of the Field Guide is available in 4 languages: English, French, Portuguese, and Amharic and has been used extensively by SIL’s network of soybean practitioners acoss 24 African countries.  “For the past 4 years all Pyxus agriculture Field Technicians are using the Field Guide to African Soybean Diseases and Pests.“Whenever they are scouting or scoring pests and diseases they refer to the booklet guidance. It has got easy and simple pics to follow and well explained version of each illustrations. “This has made it easier to distinguish diseases that look alike. So, our scouting, scoring and data recoding on pests and diseases has been easy and the booklet has improved our technicians’ knowledge on soybeans and related aspects. We use it as a field tool all the time.” “Version 2 of the book is most welcome!” – Dennis Banda, Pyxus International, Malawi (Photos: Dennis Banda and his Field Guide) |
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Field guide to African Soybean Diseases, Pests & Nutrient Deficiencies
Posted in Book publication, Insects, Mites on April 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »
New biopesticide, biostimulant and IPM books by Burleigh Dodds Pub. Co.
Posted in Book publication on May 19, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Plant Protection Scientists,
I have listed some recently published books that should be of interest to plant protection researchers and technology transfer specialists. These include books on biopesticies, biostimulants and weed, insect and plant disease managment.
E.A. Heinrichs
IAPPS Secretary General
Biopesticides for Sustainable Agriculture, Edited by Professor Nick Birch and Professor Travis Glare, reviews some of the wealth of current research globally; research on identifying, developing, assessing and improving biopesticides. 28 scientists from around the world contribute. Content details may be viewed at this link.
Together, the collection reviews some of the key steps in biopesticide product development. The topics cover a broad range from microbial to natural substance-based biopesticides, with a strong focus on pheromone and allelochemical semiochemicals as well as peptide-based biopesticides.
Individual chapters are available digitally if there is a particular, specific interest only. However, if you want the whole collection, we have a special offer running in recognition that many people are working remotely at the moment. If you buy the eBook from our website, we will send a physical copy free of charge when the current Covid crisis allows. If purchases are normally made through your library, either forward this email to them or put me in touch as we offer specific library arrangements.
We are aware that many of our customers are working from home at present. It is a very difficult time. It is quite possible that some of our colleagues may have missed other recent pest control titles. All of these are available in all countries, in whole or in part, physically or online. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Biostimulants for sustainable crop production (Due in June 2020) Edited Dr Youssef Rouphael, Prof. Patrick du Jardin, Dr Patrick Brown, Dr Stephania de Pascale and Dr Giuseppe Colla.
Integrated disease management of wheat and barley – Edited Prof. Richard Oliver Full details: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__shop.bdspublishing.com_store_bds_detail_workgroup_3-2D190-2D72711&d=DwIGaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=20cHrmWg3G9lvuF1XJ0DAVTU8QbZGlMPZmMplM_ZfXU&m=m8hi5D4KNb4HBC_USmTOPXG00zjP7LU7y1OWDQSP8UI&s=AuIq9BIBuUc4r_HWaJjnAxk3xxNQuzWB1A-foaxJL3Y&e=
Rice insect pests and their management – Edited by Emeritus Prof. E A Heinrichs https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__shop.bdspublishing.com_store_bds_detail_workgroup_3-2D190-2D54186&d=DwIGaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=20cHrmWg3G9lvuF1XJ0DAVTU8QbZGlMPZmMplM_ZfXU&m=m8hi5D4KNb4HBC_USmTOPXG00zjP7LU7y1OWDQSP8UI&s=OuEDFXoAQk1w58LImN8hhmTfk8PwbrfehgRlhgpJ3DA&e=
Integrated weed management of sustainable agriculture – Edited by Prof. Robert L Zimdahl
Integrated management of diseases and insect pests of tree fruit – by Prof. Xiangming Xu and Dr Michelle Fountain
Pesticides and agriculture – Edited by Dr Dave Watson https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__shop.bdspublishing.com_store_bds_detail_workgroup_3-2D190-2D72883&d=DwIGaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=20cHrmWg3G9lvuF1XJ0DAVTU8QbZGlMPZmMplM_ZfXU&m=m8hi5D4KNb4HBC_USmTOPXG00zjP7LU7y1OWDQSP8UI&s=tLQSsAMttD28BcyZ1mCUN0hqrQcvzwxRiF372KnMtsE&e=
Integrated management of insect pests – Edited by Emeritus Prof. Marcos Kogan and Emeritus Prof. E A Heinrichs
Critical issues in plant health – 50 years of research in African agriculture – Edited by Dr Peter Neuenschwander and Dr Manuele Tamo
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-
For more information contact:
John Parsons
Email:: John.parsons@bdspublishing.com
Africa: Fall Armyworm Technical Guide
Posted in Book publication, Crop protection, Emerging/invasive pests on March 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »
New Technical Guide for Africa
Last month, USAID, in collaboration with international and national research and development partners, released the first edition of the Fall Armyworm Technical Guide. This technical manual shares the latest protocols related to integrated pest management to control this agricultural pest in Africa.
Free e-copy of new book on invasive apple snails
Posted in Book publication, Snails on October 16, 2017| 2 Comments »
Joshi R.C., Cowie R.H., & Sebastian L.S. (eds). 2017. Biology and management of invasive apple snails. Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), Maligaya, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija 3119. 406 pp.”
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News from Burleigh Dodds on new rice insect book
Posted in Book publication, Insects, Meetings on September 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »
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The African Armyworm Handbook
Posted in Book publication, Insects on July 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »
University of Greenwich/Natural Resources Institute
For a digital version of the handbook go to:
New rice IPM book
Posted in Book publication, Insects, IPM, Monitoring, Uncategorized on July 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »
New book: Rice insect pests and their management
Posted in Book publication on June 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Description
The rice plant is an ideal host for many insect species. All of the plant parts are vulnerable to insect-feeding from the time of sowing till harvest. There are over 800 insect species damaging rice in one way or another, although the majority of them do very little damage. In tropical Asia only about 20 species are of major importance. In Africa, 15 species of insects are considered major pests of rice and in the Americas about 20 species are considered major pests.
To develop effective pest management strategies, it is essential to properly identify and to understand the biology and ecology of insect pests and the arthropods that help regulate their populations. This book effectively utilizes the unique knowledge and expertise of leading rice entomologists from Africa, Asia and the Americas to provide the first global coverage of rice insect pests. The discussion of each pest includes geographical distribution, plant hosts other than rice, description and biology, plant damage and ecology.
Key features
- Covers almost 100 species of the most important insect pests affecting rice cultivation
- Brings together the key research on each pest, including description and biology and effects on rice plants
- Written by a team of leading entomologists with experience of rice pests in Asia, Africa, the United States and Latin America
- Includes over 150 photographs and images
Sample content
Not sure what you’re getting if you buy this book? Click on the cover image below to open a PDF and preview pages from the book. Alternatively, watch our informative video introduction.
What others are saying…
‘The authors need to be congratulated to have pulled together such a large body of relevant information on rice pests and made it available to pest management professionals in the field as well as scientists in the laboratories in a very approachable and easy to use format.”
Hans Herren, Millennium Institute; formerly Director General of the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), winner The World Food Prize and numerous other awards.
Table of contents
The insects discussed are categorised based on feeding types:
1. Root and stem feeders
2. Stem borers
3. Rice gall midges
4. Leafhoppers and planthoppers
5. Foilage feeders
6. Panicle feeders
The book concludes with a discussion of integrated management of insect pests
New book: Integrated Pest Management of Tropical Vegetable Crops
Posted in Book publication, Climate change, Control tactics, Pests, Plant Pathogens, Research, Technology transfer on December 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The majority of the information in this book is drawn from technologies developed, tested, validated, and implemented by the Integrated Pest Management Innovation Lab (previously known as the Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research Support Program-IPM CRSP), supported by USAID Cooperative Agreements awarded to Virginia Tech.
Contents
Chap.1 – IPM for Food and Environmental Security in the Tropics
Chap. 2 – IPM Packages for Tropical Vegetable Crops
Chap. 3 – Virus Diseases of Tropical Vegetable Crops and Their Management
Chap. 4 – Exploring the Potential of Trichoderma for the Management of Seed and Soil-Borne Diseases of Crops
Chap. 5 – Physical, Mechanical and Cultural Control of Vegetable Insects
Chap. 6 – Integrated Pest Management of Cruciferous Vegetables
Chap. 7 – Integrated Pest Management of Okra in India
Chap. 8 – Integrated Pest Management of Onion in India
Chap. 9 – IPM Packages for Naranjilla: Sustainable Production in an Environmentally Fragile Region
Chap. 10 – IPM Technologies for Potato Producers in Highland Ecuador
Chap. 11 – Integrated Pest Management for Vegetable Crops in Bangladesh
Chap. 12 – Development and Dissemination of Vegetable IPM Practices in Nepal
Chap. 13 – IPM Vegetable Systems in Uganda
Chap. 14 – Impacts of IPM on Vegetable Production in the Tropics
ISBN 978-94-024-0922-2 ISBN 978-94-024-0924-6 (eBook)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016957790
E.A. Heinrichs
IAPPS Secretary General
Asia Program Manager, IPM Innovation Lab
New Book: Black Shank of Tobacco in the Former Dutch East Indies
Posted in Book publication, tagged 'epdemiologie', Dutch East Indies, epidemiology, Indonesia, Java, Phytophthora nicotianae, Sumatra on January 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Original papers by:
Jacob van Breda de Haan 1896
and Thung Tjeng Hiang 1931 & 1938
Introduction, Translation & Discussion by:
Jan C. Zadoks
Published by:
Sidestone Press
Fruitweg 46A
2321 DH Leiden
The Netherlands
Email: info@sidestone.nl
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Jan C. Zadoks (ed.): Black shank of tobacco in the former Dutch East Indies.
Posted in Book publication, tagged black shank, Dutch East Indies, Phytohthora nicotianae, tobacco on November 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
