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Biopesticide based sustainable pest management for safer production of vegetable legumes and brassicas in Asia and Africa

dc.contributor.authorSrinivasan, R.
dc.contributor.authorSevgan, S.
dc.contributor.authorEkesi, S.
dc.contributor.authorTamò, M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:33:53Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:33:53Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-10
dc.identifier.citationSrinivasan, R., Sevgan, S., Ekesi, S. & Tamò, M. (2019). Biopesticide based sustainable pest management for safer production of vegetable legumes and brassicas in Asia and Africa. Pest Management Science, 1-25.
dc.identifier.issn1526-498X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/5837
dc.descriptionPublished online: 10 May 2019
dc.description.abstractVegetables are one of the important crops which could alleviate the poverty and malnutrition among the smallholder farmers in tropical Asia and Africa. However, a plethora of pests limit the productivity of these crops, leading to economic losses. Vegetable producers overwhelmingly rely on chemical pesticides in order to reduce pest‐caused economic losses. However, over‐reliance on chemical pesticides poses serious threats to human and environmental health. Hence, biopesticides offer a viable alternative to chemical pesticides in sustainable pest management programs. Baculoviruses such as nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) and granulovirus (GV) have been exploited as successful biological pesticides in agriculture, horticulture and forestry. Maruca vitrata multiple nucleocapsid NPV (MaviMNPV) was found to be a unique baculovirus specifically infecting pod borer on food legumes, and it has been successfully developed as a biopesticide in Asia and Africa. Entomopathogenic fungi also offer sustainable pest management options. Several strains of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana have been tested and developed as biopesticides in Asia and Africa. This review specifically focuses on the discovery and development of entomopathogenic virus and fungi‐based biopesticides against major pests of vegetable legumes and brassicas in Asia and Africa.
dc.description.sponsorshipBiological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems
dc.format.extent1-25
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dc.subjectBeauveria Bassiana
dc.subjectMetarhizium Anisopliae
dc.subjectVegetable Legumes
dc.subjectPest Management
dc.subjectBiopesticides
dc.titleBiopesticide based sustainable pest management for safer production of vegetable legumes and brassicas in Asia and Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Vegetable Center
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.creator.identifierManuele Tamò: 0000-0002-5863-7421
cg.researchthemePLANT PRODUCTION & HEALTH
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectPests Of Plants
cg.iitasubjectPlant Health
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.journalPest Management Science
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid105365
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.5480


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