Cabbage Truck Farming on Compost-Fertilized Soil: Impact of Anti-Insect Net and Bio Pesticides on Plutella Xylostella Larvae
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: In order to limit the risks related to the use of chemical inputs in truck farming such as soil and truck contamination by ETM and residue of pesticide which remain a major danger for human health, agro-ecological production methods of KK Cross cabbage variety were developed.These methods consist in protecting truck with anti-insect net (PF), aqueous extracts from cow dung (PB), from neem seeds (PN), with mixtures of garlic and pepper extracts (PAP) of cow dung and pepper (PBP) and with mixtures of pepper, garlic and neem seeds (PPAN) against Plutella and xylostella larvae of cabbage plants which are cultivated on soil fertilized with mixtures of hen droppings converted into compost.These agro-ecological methods were compared to chemical methods of cabbage production.Findings have indicated that cabbage farming practiced on various soil types fertilized with elaborate compost and protected with PF, PPAN, PN, PBP and PB has reduced the attacks of Plutella xylostella larvae by respectively 97%, 93.68%, 90.63%, 84.30% and 71.89 % compared to chemical methods except PAP method.
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDGs: Zero hunger, Life on land
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4256334236