Ipm manual for pei potato production

Key words:potato, IPM practices,Production, Knowledge. Received Revised Accepted INTRODUCTION India in particular and Asia in general are showing rapid growth in potato production. Potato popularly known as ‘The king of vegetables’, has emerged as fourth most important food crop in India after rice.  · Integrated pest management (IPM) is the combination of cultural, mechanical, biological, and chemical tools to prevent, manage, and control pests (fig.1). Pests can be weeds, insects and other invertebrates, bacteria and other microorganisms, viruses, and in some cases vertebrates, such as mice in a grain elevator. This manual is a guide in the production of potatoes in Kenya, focusing on ware production. In general, however, any advice that relates to high yield and quality tuber production is applicable to seed potato seed production too. The manual will therefore be useful to all stakeholders in the potato industry wishing to learn more about the crop.

Change ToT Manual. Topic 5: Sweetpotato Seed Systems. International Potato Center. Nairobi (Kenya). ISBN ‐ 92‐‐‐7. p Topic 6: Sweetpotato Production and Management. Reaching Agents of Change Training of Trainers (ToT) manual. Integrated Pest Management for Potatoes in the Western United States: Second Edition Designed for use by growers, pest control advisers, crop managers, and county agents in the western states, this manual also is an invaluable reference for anyone interested in potato production. 1- IPM- Data based decisions: The IPM-Data based program is an option for folks using monitoring/forecasting services. Folks interested in applying for this program need to identify the Property ID, like for all the other programs, of the fields that will be under the service in the application form.

With excellent growing conditions, Meru County is one of Kenya's top three potato growing areas. However, current approaches to production also. was , ha with a production of , metric potato growing areas in the Philippines (Figure 1) For a succesful integrated pest management. POTATO IPM PROTOCOL Soil and Water Management Level IPM Decisions Split your applications of Nitrogen over the growing season. ___4 points.