Lynch, R.E. and Dicko, I.O. and Some, S.A. and Ouedraogo, A.P. (1991) Effect of Harvest Date on Termite Damage, yield, and Aflatoxin Contamination in groundnut in Burkino Faso. International Arachis Newsletter, 10 (Nov). pp. 24-25.
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Abstract
Field experiments in 1986-90 in Burkina Faso showed that damage to groundnuts by Isoptera was directly related to the age of the plants at harvest. At 70 and 90 days after sowing, termite damage to pods averaged <4%, whereas by 110 days damage averaged 15% and by 125 days 46%, resp. Application of aldicarb at the time of sowing and chlorpyrifos at 50 and 100 days after sowing reduced pod damage to an average of 10% and substantially increased yield. Aflatoxin contamination in seed also increased with increasing age and was significantly correlated with pod damage by termites
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | USDA-ARS, Coatal Plain Station, Tifton, GA 31794, USA |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Groundnut |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 09 May 2013 08:47 |
| Last Modified: | 09 May 2013 08:47 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/10425 |
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