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Effects of Foliar Applications of Selected Insecticides on Cocoa Pests and Pollinators

Cocoa plants sprayed with insecticide such as Gamma HCH,methamidophos and cypermethrin using mistblowers at weekly intervals for 20 consecutive weeks produced high number of cocoa flowers but the percentage of effective pollination was not significantly different frOm the control.The effects of i...

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Main Author: Ibrahim, Abdul Ghani
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Published: 1990
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spelling my.upm.eprints.28152013-05-27T07:03:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2815/ Effects of Foliar Applications of Selected Insecticides on Cocoa Pests and Pollinators Ibrahim, Abdul Ghani Cocoa plants sprayed with insecticide such as Gamma HCH,methamidophos and cypermethrin using mistblowers at weekly intervals for 20 consecutive weeks produced high number of cocoa flowers but the percentage of effective pollination was not significantly different frOm the control.The effects of insecticides on the insects varied. The population of mosquitobug, Helopeltis sP , was low but there was fluctuation with the midges, Forcipomyia spp. aphids, Aphis and mely bugs, Cataenococus spp. The emergence of midges frOm the ground traps indicated that spraying of insectiicides did not affect the breeding of the midges in the cocoa field. 1990 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2815/1/Effects_of_Foliar_Applications_of_Selected.pdf Ibrahim, Abdul Ghani (1990) Effects of Foliar Applications of Selected Insecticides on Cocoa Pests and Pollinators. Pertanika, 13 (3). pp. 361-366. English
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description Cocoa plants sprayed with insecticide such as Gamma HCH,methamidophos and cypermethrin using mistblowers at weekly intervals for 20 consecutive weeks produced high number of cocoa flowers but the percentage of effective pollination was not significantly different frOm the control.The effects of insecticides on the insects varied. The population of mosquitobug, Helopeltis sP , was low but there was fluctuation with the midges, Forcipomyia spp. aphids, Aphis and mely bugs, Cataenococus spp. The emergence of midges frOm the ground traps indicated that spraying of insectiicides did not affect the breeding of the midges in the cocoa field.
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author Ibrahim, Abdul Ghani
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Effects of Foliar Applications of Selected Insecticides on Cocoa Pests and Pollinators
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title Effects of Foliar Applications of Selected Insecticides on Cocoa Pests and Pollinators
title_short Effects of Foliar Applications of Selected Insecticides on Cocoa Pests and Pollinators
title_full Effects of Foliar Applications of Selected Insecticides on Cocoa Pests and Pollinators
title_fullStr Effects of Foliar Applications of Selected Insecticides on Cocoa Pests and Pollinators
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Foliar Applications of Selected Insecticides on Cocoa Pests and Pollinators
title_sort effects of foliar applications of selected insecticides on cocoa pests and pollinators
publishDate 1990
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2815/1/Effects_of_Foliar_Applications_of_Selected.pdf
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