Farmers Nightmare: Pests and Diseases

Pamella Ogada — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:50:47 +0000

Can they be contained once and for all? This was a question reported by all the presenters asked by farmers from different parts of the globe . DPG Session: Crop biotic stresses. Pests and diseases and their control or their containment in the agricultural systems has been on discussion since time immemorial, with farmers trying all means that are economically viable with regard to their crop in question. Recent concerns also has been on the human health and the environment, bringing the farmers to a dilemma when it comes to creating an equilibrium with regards to high yields versus human health and the environment. Researchers have not been left out in this journey.They have come up with various biological as well as cultural control ideas, breeding of resistant varieties, improvement of farming techniques together with agronomy among others, with the main focus of reducing the use of synthetic chemicals to the minimal. Poster presentation session; Measuring Resistance in Potato to Phytophthora infestans with Field, Laboratory and Greenhouse Assays

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Farmers Nightmare: Pests and Diseases