Spices control chickpea pests

Coriander and egrets are helping chickpea farmers in India to control pests that have developed resistance to pesticides. Chickpea leaves and pods naturally exude an acid that usually keeps pests away. Recently. though, the pod borer (Helicoverpa...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1993
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49277
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Summary:Coriander and egrets are helping chickpea farmers in India to control pests that have developed resistance to pesticides. Chickpea leaves and pods naturally exude an acid that usually keeps pests away. Recently. though, the pod borer (Helicoverpa...