Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Maize weevil"
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Evaluation of indigenous methods for the control of the maize weevil sitophilus zeamais (coleoptera: curculionidae) in stored maize
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2008)A survey carried out in three divisions of Bungoma district, Western Kenya, confirmed that Sitophilus zeatnais was the predominant pest in the farm stores. Of the 100 farmers interviewed, 9g% stored maize on their farms, ... -
On farm strategies for the control of the maize weevil in Kenya.
(LAP Lambert Academic publishing GmbH & Co. KGDepartment of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2012)Maize is an important staple food for most people in the Sub-Saharan Africa. In most rural areas of Kenya, the production of this crop is under subsistence farming and on-farm storage forms part of the traditional practices. ...