A list is given of harmful and beneficial insects found on cassava in several localities of the states of Valle del Cauca, Huila and Santander and the Llanos Orientales (Colombia) from 1973- 1976. Data include the insect order, family and species, as well as the type of damage caused. (CIAT)
Pena, J
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[Lista de insectos daninos y beneficos recolectados en cultivo de yuca 1973-1976]
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Lista de insectos daninos y beneficos recolectados en cultivo de yuca 1973-1976
Gómez G., G.
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Valdivieso Garcia, Mauricio A.
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Zapata, LE
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Pardo, C
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[Technical note: cassava (peeled-root) flour as partial replacement of wheat flour in bread]
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Technical note: cassava (peeled-root) flour as partial replacement of wheat flour in bread
The possibilities of underdeveloped countries to satisfy their needs for food and to improve the standard of Eving through cassava production are analyzed. The following aspects are studied: potential cassava production (current and potential situation), general research policies and areas (var. ...
The different methodological stages of cassava on-farm trials and their relationships regarding the objectives and functions of the Cassava Program at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) are outlined. Site selection, farm trial design and analysis, and some illustrative result...
Oligota minuta is one of the major dominant predators of Mononychellus tanajoa, consuming eggs and movil stages of the mite. At the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Palmira, Colombia, Oligota adult populations on cassava var. M Col 113 were counted 4 times/day (6 am, 9 am, 1 pm, and ...
Guerrero, JM
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Bellotti, Anthony C.
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Reyes, J.A.
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[Fluctuacion y distribucion de las poblaciones de Oligota minuta Cam. (Coleoptera: Staphilinidae) predator de Mononychellus tanajoa Bondar (Acarina: Tetranychidae)]
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Fluctuacion y distribucion de las poblaciones de Oligota minuta Cam. (Coleoptera: Staphilinidae) predator de Mononychellus tanajoa Bondar (Acarina: Tetranychidae)
Research was conducted at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) in 1980 in order to solve the problem of low cassava yields in Loja, Ecuador, Objectives were: (1) to determine the effect of vertical and horizontal plantings of cuttings on the emergence and competitive vigor of c...
Anzules T, V
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[Efecto de la posicion de la estaca, niveles de control de malezas y arreglo espacial sobre competencia entre malezas y yuca y el rendimiento de la yuca, variedad M Col 22]
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Efecto de la posicion de la estaca, niveles de control de malezas y arreglo espacial sobre competencia entre malezas y yuca y el rendimiento de la yuca, variedad M Col 22
Although cassava -a tropical crop- is regarded as a staple food crop for millions of people worldwide, it is still considered as a subsistence crop and seldom receives adequate crop management. Average yields are less than 8 t/ha. Colombia`s North Coast, where large areas of sandy soils are plant...
Cadavid López, Luis Fernando
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Acosta, Alvaro
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El-Sharkawy, Mabrouk A.
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[Efecto de preparación mulch y abonamiento en el cultivo de la yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) en suelos arenosos de Colombia]
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Efecto de preparación mulch y abonamiento en el cultivo de la yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) en suelos arenosos de Colombia