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Management of insect pests and weeds

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  • Jeff Dlott
  • Ivette Perfecto
  • Peter Rosset
  • Larry Burkham
  • Julio Monterrey
  • John Vandermeer

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The Cuban government has undertaken the task of transforming insect pest and weed management from conventional to organic and more sustainable approaches on a nationwide basis. This paper addresses past programs and current major areas of research and implementation as well as provides examples of programs in insect and weed management. Topics covered include the newly constructed network of Centers for the Reproduction of Entomophages and Entomopathogens (CREEs), which provide the infrastructure for the implementation of biological control on state, cooperative, and private farm operations. CREE programs include the mass rearing and release of Trichogramma spp. to manage insect pests of cassava, tobacco, sugarcane, and improved pasture. The entomopathogens, Bacillus thuringiensis, Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, and Verticillium lecanii, are being mass produced in the CREEs and applied to control a number of key insect pests. A traditional method employed by peasant farmers of using the predatory ant Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius) in the biological control of sweetpotato and banana insect pests has been further developed and implemented. Efforts are underway to rear nematode species that attack insect pests and identify plant extracts with insecticidal qualities as potential management tools. Weed management has moved away from dependence on herbicides and toward alternative techniques that include weed suppression based on rotation schemes, limited use of selective herbicides, and new tillage equipment and practices. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1993

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  • Jeff Dlott & Ivette Perfecto & Peter Rosset & Larry Burkham & Julio Monterrey & John Vandermeer, 1993. "Management of insect pests and weeds," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 10(3), pages 9-15, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:10:y:1993:i:3:p:9-15
    DOI: 10.1007/BF02217834
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    1. Paul Gersper & Carmen Rodríguez-Barbosa & Laura Orlando, 1993. "Soil conservation in Cuba: A key to the new model for agriculture," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 10(3), pages 16-23, June.
    2. Harvey S. James, 2023. "Agriculture and human values at 40 years: reflections on its scale and scope," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 40(1), pages 25-30, March.
    3. Peter Rosset, 1997. "Cuba: Ethics, biological control, and crisis," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 14(3), pages 291-302, September.

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