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PROJECT PROPOSAL ORAL PRESENTATON

PROJECT PROPOSAL ORAL PRESENTATON. TOPIC: EFFICACY OF PRESENTO TOP 100 WDG FOR THE CONTROL OF PEA APHIDS IN SNOW PEAS . NAME: NGALA M. RODGERS REG NO.: A22/0011/2009 BSc . AGRICULTURE (CROP PROTECTION MAJOR) SUPERVISOR: PROF. FLORENCE OLUBAYO DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCE AND CROP PROTECTION.

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PROJECT PROPOSAL ORAL PRESENTATON

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  1. PROJECT PROPOSAL ORAL PRESENTATON TOPIC: EFFICACY OF PRESENTO TOP 100 WDG FOR THE CONTROL OF PEA APHIDS IN SNOW PEAS. NAME: NGALA M. RODGERS REG NO.: A22/0011/2009 BSc. AGRICULTURE (CROP PROTECTION MAJOR) SUPERVISOR: PROF. FLORENCE OLUBAYO DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCE AND CROP PROTECTION

  2. INTRODUCTION • 134, 000 tonnes of fresh fruits and vegetables are exported to the international market; mainly Europe in 2006/2007 (HCDA, 2007). • Kenya is major supplier of high-value horticultural produce; green beans, snow peas (mange-touts), runner beans, okra, chillies, avocados, mangoes, and cut flowers. • Snow peas (mange-tout) have replaced Asian vegetables (okra, chillies, squashes) as the 2nd most exported vegetables after green beans(HCDA,2006). • Snow peas accounts for 5% of high-value horticulture produce exported to international market (HCDA,2006).

  3. Importance of Snow peas (Pisumsativum) • Mainly for export; increasing demand in Europe (U.K, Hollands, France etc) • Worldwide, cultivated for fresh green seeds, tender green pods, dried seeds and foliage (Duke, 1981). • Green peas are eaten cooked as a vegetable, and are marketed fresh, canned, or frozen while ripe dried peas are used whole, split, or made into flour (Davies et al. 1985). • In some parts of the world, dried peas are consumed split as dhal, roasted, parched or boiled. • Traditionally, peas are used as medicine. The seeds are known to treat dysentery when eaten raw. • In some places, for green manure (Adu-Gyamfi et al., 2007) Constraints to Snow peas Production in Kenya • Weeds • Pests • Diseases

  4. Pest Concern Pea Aphid (Acyrthosiphonpisum) • Estimated to cause annual loss of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crop in USA alone (Oerke 1994; Morrison and Peairs 1998). • Feeding alone can result in either plant death or cosmetic damage that can make a crop undesirable. • Cause primary damage to crops due to their ability to vector devastating plant viruses especially winged morphs (Nault 1997; Blackman and Eastop 2000; Nault et al. 2004). • Pea aphid is considered as a mid agricultural pest on alfalfa and clover, vectoring more than 30 viral diseases (Blackman and Eastop 2000).

  5. OBJECTIVES of the Study General Objective • To contribute to an effective strategy of managing pea aphids to increase production and clean snow peas for the market. Specific Objective • To test the effectiveness of PRESENTO TOP 100 WDG in management of pea aphids in snow peas and encourage its use by the farmers.

  6. PROBLEM STATEMENT • Snow peas is susceptible to many pests especially pea aphid (Auclair and Srivastava, 1977). • New races of pea aphids that are resistant to chemicals, EMPEROR 18 EC (Abamectin). JUSTIFICATION • There is need to develop a strategy that is affordable and appropriate to both small scale and large scale farmers, hence the evaluation of PRESENTO TOP with additional active ingredient (Acetamiprid 80g/kg).

  7. Materials and Equipments • Snow pea seeds • Jembe • Pesticides • EMPEROR 18 EC (Abamectin 18g/litre) • PRESENTO TOP 100 WDG (Acetamiprid 80g/kg + Abamectin 20g/kg) • Knapsack sprayer • Tape measure • Strings and pegs • Watering can • Fertilizer

  8. METHODOLOGY • Site; at at the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Services (Upper Kabete) field station • Field Station, • Experimental layout (RCBD) • Crop Establishment • Data collection • Data analysis (ANOVA)

  9. Experimental Plot Layout Description of treatments • T1 will be treated with PRESENTO TOP @ 0.75g/5l of water. • T2 will be treated with PRESENTO TOP @ 1g/5l of water. • T3 will be treated with PRESENTO TOP @ 1.25g/5l of water. • T4 will treated with EMPEROR @ 3.75ml/5l of water; a standard chemical, positive control. • T5 is control, negative control. Plot Layout

  10. Work Plan

  11. Budget

  12. THANK YOU

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