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dc.contributor.authorMwanauta, Regina
dc.contributor.authorNdakidemi, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorVenkataramana, Pavithravani
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-25T07:53:15Z
dc.date.available2023-04-25T07:53:15Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-22
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.02.037
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/1880
dc.descriptionThis research article was published by Elsevier in 2022en_US
dc.description.abstractPapaya mealybug (PMB) is a serious insect pest for papaya production in Sub-Saharan Africa, limiting production potential in farming communities. We did a household survey to evaluate the Characteristics of farmers' knowledge, challenges, and current (PMB) control practices in four papaya growing regions of Tanzania namely, Tanga, Dodoma, Pwani, and Katavi involving 100 papaya farmers. The study found that 96% of farmers reported PMB, as a major challenge in papaya production. Very few (0.8%) of the farmers were knowledgeable on insect pest identification. Chemical pesticides were the only option for PMB control, and 43.0% of farmers were able to access and apply. We also found that 36.4% of the farmers were aware of the adverse effects of chemical pesticides. Furthermore, the study observed that 0.3% of farmers use botanical pesticides. Additionally, the study observed that 44.1% of farmers use control measures against PMB, the remaining 55.9% did not practice any control measure, thus leading to low papaya yields observed in the study regions. Our findings provide insights to farmers into the use of plant-based pesticides, mainly plant essential oils, and its benefits that may promote farmers' attitudes towards increasing papaya yield and reducing chemical pesticide use to avoid pest resistance.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectCarica papayaen_US
dc.subjectParacoccus magnatusen_US
dc.subjectSmallholder farmersen_US
dc.subjectCrop pesten_US
dc.subjectCrop protectionen_US
dc.titleCharacterization of Farmer’s knowledge and management practices of papaya mealybug Paracoccus magnatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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