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Critical issues in plant health: 50 years of research in African agriculture
Dr Peter Neuenschwander | Dr Manuele Tamò | Dr Kenton Dashiell | Dr Peter Neuenschwander | Dr Manuele Tamò | Dr P. Lava Kumar | Dr James P. Legg | Dr Maria Adoyele | Dr George Mahuku | Dr Alejandro Ortega-Beltran | Dr Ranajit Bandyopadhayay | Dr Georg Goergen | Dr Danny Coyne | Dr Everlyne Wosula | Dr Livia Stavolone | Dr Eugene Terry | Dr Nilsa Bosque-Pérez | Dr Muaka Toko | Dr J. Steve Yaninek | Dr André Fanou | Dr Victor Zinsou | Dr Kerstin D. Wydra | Dr Rachid Hanna | Dr Appolin Fotso | Dr Ouorou Douro-Kpindou | Dr Kitty F. Cardwell | Dr Fritz Schulthess | Dr William Meikle | Dr Mamoudou Sétamou | Dr Peter J. Cotty | Dr Babatima Djana Mignouna | Dr Ranjana Bhattacharjee | Dr David De Koeyer | Dr Stefan Hauser | Dr Clifford Gold | Dr Cornelia Pasberg-Gauhl | Dr Friedhelm Gauhl | Dr Juliet Akello | Dr Kim Jacobsen | Dr Lindsey Norgrove | Dr Manoj Kaushal | Dr Valentine Nakato | Dr Leena Tripathi | Dr Jaindra Tripathi | Dr Léonard Afouda | Dr Harry Bottenberg | Dr Laura Cortada-Gonzales | Harun M. Murithi | Prof. Barry Pittendrigh | Dr Rachidatou Sikirou | Dr Abou Togola | Dr Ignace Godonou | Dr May-Guri Sӕthre | Dr Ghislain Tepa-Yotto | Dr Désiré Gnanvossou | Dr Koffi Negloh | Dr Cyriaque Agboton | Dr Frederick Schreurs | Dr Christiaan Kooyman | Dr Adebowale Akande | Dr Matieyedou Konlambigue | Dr Niels Van den Bosch | Dr David Chikoye | Dr Friday Ekeleme | Dr Abebe Menkir | Dr Alpha Y. Kamara | Dr Obinna Ajuonu | Hakeem A. Ajeigbe | Dr Michael Abberton | Dr Sounkoura Adetonah | Dr Brice Gbaguidi | Dr Marc Schut
(2019)
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Abstract
Plant health covers topics such as the safe handling and movement of germplasm and seed, as well as the range of biotic threats faced by crops and the ways they can be managed to optimise yields and ensure safety and quality in crop production. These threats include viral, bacterial and fungal diseases as well as the impact of insect pests and weeds. This collection summarises 50 years of research on plant health by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to improve the health of crops in Africa.
The first part of the book reviews general issues such as pest and disease surveillance and the range of viruses affecting key African crops. Part 2 summarises key research on improving the health of major crops such as cassava, maize, yams and cocoyams, bananas and plantains, legumes, vegetables and tree fruits. The final part of the book discusses ways of improving integrated pest management of insect pests, diseases and weeds in sub-Saharan Africa.
This unique book brings together some of the world’s leading experts on plant health in sub-Saharan Africa to review progress in dealing with the range of biotic threats faced by African farmers, and will be a standard reference on improving the management of pests and diseases in developing countries.
"With concerns about climate change, loss of biodiversity and the need to feed an ever-growing human population, the book provides a valuable reference on the need to develop IPM giving greater emphasis to the environment. This is necessary with the future of farming changing with new technology, including precision agriculture, digitalisation, robotics and new genetic engineering technology."
International Pest Control – review by Emeritus Professor Graham Matthews, Imperial College London, UK
"With concerns about climate change, loss of biodiversity and the need to feed an ever-growing human population, the book provides a valuable reference on the need to develop IPM giving greater emphasis to the environment. This is necessary with the future of farming changing with new technology, including precision agriculture, digitalisation, robotics and new genetic engineering technology."
International Pest Control – review by Emeritus Professor Graham Matthews, Imperial College London, UK
“This book, a must read for international agricultural scientists and pest management specialists, describes in meticulous detail how a group of eminent scientists have dedicated their lives to produce research that has led to stunning breakthroughs in the development of pest management strategies designed to solve the problems of African food insecurity, hunger and poverty.” Professor E. A. "Short" Heinrichs, Secretary General - International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences
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| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical issues in plant health:50 years of research in African agriculture | i | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Series list | xii | ||
| The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) | xvii | ||
| List of major IITA donors | xviii | ||
| Chapter lead author contact details | xix | ||
| Foreword | xx | ||
| Part 1 Managing threats to plant health | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1 Key challenges in plant health in sub-Saharan Africa: stakeholder priorities | 3 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 3 | ||
| 2 Priorities in plant health: international organisations | 4 | ||
| 3 Priorities in plant health: universities | 9 | ||
| 4 Priorities in plant health: NARS | 13 | ||
| 5 Priorities in plant health: BEAF – GIZ | 16 | ||
| 6 Conclusion | 17 | ||
| Chapter 2 Introduction: meeting challenges in plant health in sub-Saharan Africa | 19 | ||
| 1 The importance of plant protection in agriculture | 19 | ||
| 2 Historical development of plant protection | 22 | ||
| 3 History of IITA’s plant protection research and \nimplementation | 25 | ||
| 4 Structure of this text | 31 | ||
| 5 Where to look for further information | 32 | ||
| 6 References | 33 | ||
| Chapter 3 Disease surveillance, diagnostics and germplasm health in crop protection | 41 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 41 | ||
| 2 Disease surveillance | 42 | ||
| 3 Factors for emergence and re-emergence of epidemics in SSA | 48 | ||
| 4 Tools for disease diagnostics | 51 | ||
| 5 Early warning and response systems | 57 | ||
| 6 Germplasm safety and preventing the spread of seed-borne pathogens | 59 | ||
| 7 Conclusion and future trends | 64 | ||
| 8 References | 66 | ||
| Chapter 4 Conserving and exploiting biodiversity in crop cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa | 75 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 75 | ||
| 2 Developing the insect collection at IITA | 77 | ||
| 3 Specific examples demonstrating the importance of an accurate diagnosis | 79 | ||
| 4 Exploiting scientific collections | 86 | ||
| 5 New challenges and opportunities | 87 | ||
| 6 From using to protecting biodiversity | 88 | ||
| 7 Conclusion and future trends | 89 | ||
| 8 References | 89 | ||
| Chapter 5 Viruses affecting African crops and their vectors | 95 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 95 | ||
| 2 Cassava virus diseases | 98 | ||
| 3 Maize virus diseases | 104 | ||
| 4 Banana and plantain virus diseases | 109 | ||
| 5 Yam viruses | 111 | ||
| 6 Cowpea viruses | 113 | ||
| 7 Soybean viruses | 117 | ||
| 8 Virus vectors | 118 | ||
| 9 Emerging techniques and future perspectives for plant virus management in Africa | 123 | ||
| 10 Future trends and conclusion | 124 | ||
| 11 Where to look for further information | 125 | ||
| 12 References | 126 | ||
| Part 2 Plant health in practice: managing threats to key African crops | 137 | ||
| Chapter 6 Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: cassava | 139 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 139 | ||
| 2 The management of insect pests | 141 | ||
| 3 Identifying and managing cassava diseases | 155 | ||
| 4 Conclusion and future trends | 159 | ||
| 5 Where to look for further information | 161 | ||
| 6 References | 163 | ||
| Chapter 7 Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: maize | 173 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 173 | ||
| 2 Exploratory years in maize research | 175 | ||
| 3 Diagnostic surveys and in-country plant health analysis | 176 | ||
| 4 Downy mildew eradication programme, southern Nigeria 1995 | 178 | ||
| 5 Biological control of stemborers | 182 | ||
| 6 Interactions between Fusarium verticillioides \nand maize pests | 185 | ||
| 7 Post-harvest losses | 188 | ||
| 8 Larger grain borer and other beetles | 190 | ||
| 9 Mycotoxins | 193 | ||
| 10 Conclusions and future trends | 199 | ||
| 11 References | 200 | ||
| Chapter 8 Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: yam, taro and cocoyam | 213 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 213 | ||
| 2 Major threats to yam, taro and cocoyam and \nmanagement options | 216 | ||
| 3 Status of pest and disease control measures | 220 | ||
| 4 Conclusion and future trends | 223 | ||
| 5 References | 224 | ||
| Chapter 9 Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: banana and plantain | 229 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 229 | ||
| 2 Viruses | 230 | ||
| 3 Banana Xanthomonas wilt | 233 | ||
| 4 Fungal diseases | 234 | ||
| 5 Nematodes | 238 | ||
| 6 Banana weevil | 244 | ||
| 7 Conclusion | 249 | ||
| 8 Where to look for further information | 250 | ||
| 9 References | 251 | ||
| Chapter 10 Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: legumes | 259 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 259 | ||
| 2 Cowpea | 261 | ||
| 3 Soybean | 279 | ||
| 4 Conclusions and future trends | 282 | ||
| 5 Where to look for further information | 283 | ||
| 6 References | 283 | ||
| Chapter 11 Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: vegetables | 295 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 295 | ||
| 2 Biotic constraints to vegetable production | 296 | ||
| 3 Problems in pesticide use | 304 | ||
| 4 Biological alternatives to pesticides for pest control | 305 | ||
| 5 Conclusions | 309 | ||
| 6 References | 310 | ||
| Chapter 12 Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: fruit and other tree crops | 317 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 317 | ||
| 2 Mango mealybug | 321 | ||
| 3 Fruit flies | 323 | ||
| 4 Spiralling whitefly | 325 | ||
| 5 Papaya mealybug | 326 | ||
| 6 Phytophthora megakarya | 329 | ||
| 7 Coconut mite | 331 | ||
| 8 Cashew wood borer | 332 | ||
| 9 Conclusions | 332 | ||
| 10 References | 333 | ||
| Part 3 Integrated pest management: putting it all together and exchange of knowledge with farmers | 343 | ||
| Chapter 13 Commercial products promoting plant health in African agricul | 345 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 345 | ||
| 2 Green Muscle | 346 | ||
| 3 Aflasafe | 350 | ||
| 4 Commercialization principles | 356 | ||
| 5 Conclusion and future trends | 359 | ||
| 6 Where to look for further information | 360 | ||
| 7 References | 361 | ||
| Chapter 14 Weeds affecting field crops and \nwater bodies in Africa | 365 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 365 | ||
| 2 Integrated management of speargrass (Imperata cylindrica) | 366 | ||
| 3 Integrated management of Striga hermonthica | 373 | ||
| 4 Role and control of Chromolaena odorata \nin the humid tropics | 378 | ||
| 5 Weed control in plantain | 380 | ||
| 6 Weed control in cassava systems | 383 | ||
| 7 Floating aquatic weeds | 385 | ||
| 8 Conclusion and future trends | 389 | ||
| 9 Where to look for further information | 390 | ||
| 10 References | 390 | ||
| Chapter 15 Making integrated pest management (IPM) work in sub-Saharan Africa | 397 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 397 | ||
| 2 Healthy planting material | 399 | ||
| 3 The role of pesticides | 399 | ||
| 4 Gender access to IPM | 404 | ||
| 5 Improved exchange with farmers | 405 | ||
| 6 Improved collaboration | 407 | ||
| 7 Future trends and conclusion | 407 | ||
| 8 Where to look for further information | 408 | ||
| 9 References | 409 | ||
| Part 4 Conclusions and future challenges | 413 | ||
| Chapter 16 Improving plant health in sub-Saharan Africa: conclusions and future challenges | 415 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 415 | ||
| 2 The views of IITA clients and peers | 417 | ||
| 3 Comparing various IITA projects and their impact | 419 | ||
| 4 Overall assessment | 443 | ||
| 5 IITA’s plans for the future | 445 | ||
| 6 Recommendations | 448 | ||
| 7 Acknowledgements | 449 | ||
| 8 Where to look for further information | 449 | ||
| 9 References | 450 | ||
| Index | 457 |