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Push–pull agricultural pest management

Push–pull technology is an intercropping strategy for controlling agricultural pests by using repellent "push" plants and trap "pull" plants. For example, cereal crops like maize or sorghum are often infested by stem borers. Grasses planted around the perimeter of the crop attract and trap the pests, whereas other plants, like Desmodium, planted between…

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Push–pull agricultural pest management

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desmodium technology push-pull maize farmers sorghum push striga also pull plants stemborer seeds crop kenya trap stemborers grass local grasses

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Desmodium uncinatuminstance ofand involves intercropping a cereal crop with a repellent intercrop0.80text
maize when they are damaged by insect herbivoresinstance ofThese semiochemicals are also produced in grasses0.80text
which may explain why they are repellent to stemborersinstance ofThese semiochemicals are also produced in grasses0.80text
Napier grassinstance ofGood trap crops include well-known grasses0.80text
chemical pesticidesinstance ofthey are able to spend money in their local economy which boosts the standards of living and prosperity of the community at large.The primary economic opponents to such methods…0.80text
fertilizersinstance ofthey are able to spend money in their local economy which boosts the standards of living and prosperity of the community at large.The primary economic opponents to such methods…0.80text
high-yield seeds that require such inputs.After controlling for extraneous maize yield determinantsinstance ofthey are able to spend money in their local economy which boosts the standards of living and prosperity of the community at large.The primary economic opponents to such methods…0.80text
it was found that there was a 61.9instance ofthey are able to spend money in their local economy which boosts the standards of living and prosperity of the community at large.The primary economic opponents to such methods…0.80text

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