PESTS AND DISEASE CONTROL
PESTS AND DISEASE CONTROL
PESTS
Maize Stalk borer (Kapuchi)
Effects
Feed on growing point
Control
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Early planting
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Rogueing
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Trichlorfon (Dipterex) 2.5 G
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Endosulfan 35 EC and pyrethroids
Army worm (Ntchembere zandonda)
Effects
Feed on leaves, stalk and cob
Control
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Spraying carbarly (Sevin) 85 WP
Fall army worm (mbozi zonga ntchemberezandonda)
Feeds on leaves, stalk, cob
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies including cultural, physical, botanical (e.g use of Nimu), chemical (Steward 150EC, Belt 480SC, Proclaim Fit, Chlorpyrifos 480ec, Deltanex 25EC)
White grabs
Effects
Feed on roots of maize
Control
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Hand pick white grabs from the base of the plant and destroy them
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Seed dressing with Gaucho
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Crop rotation
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Replanting after infestation
Maize weevil
Effects
Eat stored maize
Control
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Use hermatic bags
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Use of chemicals (Actellic Super Dust, super grain dust, Super guard dust, Shumba Super)
Large grain borer
Effects
Infestation most common in cob maize than shelled maize
Control
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Integrated post-harvest management approach (harvesting as soon as maize is dry, separating damaged cobs from good ones, maintaining clean storage stores and burning crop residues, drying produce thoroughly before storing, boiling sacks in water and thoroughly drying them before putting in produce, dehusking and shelling the maize, apply super grain dust, actellic super dust)
Rodents
Effects
Feed on grains
Control
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Keeping storage clean
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Trapping
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biological ( cats)
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recommended chemicals
Termites
Effects
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Destroy maize stalks results plant lodging.
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Feeds on grains when stored
Control
Appropriate chemicals
Walk in a zig zag pattern through their fields and check every plant they walk past for pests.
If more than 10% of plants are heavily infected they should spray the field. For FAW, spray if 30% of the scouted plants have been affected.
All herbicides have labels indicating application rates and type of weeds they Control application rates. Put on protective clothes.
Notifiable pests should be reported to the nearest agricultural office immediately they are noticed.
The herbicides are poisonous, please; keep out of reach of children.
