The objective of this study was to quantify and spatialize the agricultural composition and current land use in part of the Irrigation perimeter Nilo Coelho from the Landsat 8 satellite digital image classification. At first we performed the unsupervised classification image related to January...

Although the Government of Indonesia has the rule to state the land area function, however the existing land use could be improper to its function. The objective of this research is to study the suitability of the existing land use with the land area function and to assess the land suitability of...

Smallholder producers of fruits and vegetables in the Nanggung sub-district of West Java, Indonesia practice a multicropping system of agriculture on less than two acres of land. Agricultural practices in this area are still crude, with little or no inputs such as fertilization or modern...

The research reported includes: Avocados: Clonal trials. Bananas: Manurial trials; plant density trials; effect of tipping young plants and removing the last fully formed hand; clonal trials; herbicide trials; studies on leaf spot (Mycosphaerella musicola) and wilt disease; control of mites [...

The research work in this annual report focuses on two main topics such as the plant industries (crop, forestry and horticulture production, entomology and plant pathology) and animal industries (cattle, pasture and buffalo production) in the areas of Darwin, Alice Springs, Katherine and Tennant...

Mycorrhiza plays a significant role in sustainable agriculture and has mutualistic symbiotic association with plant roots. There are several species of mycorrhiza and among the species studied Glomus mosseae is well known to colonize several vegetables, fruits, cereals and industrial crops. This...

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), has recently become an invasive pest in Taiwan. With its polyphagous nature and broad host range, including more than 353 plant species of 76 families, FAW attracts worldwide attention because it causes...

A hortipastoral experiment was conducted for 6 years (1993-98) at the National Pulses Research Centre, Vamban, Tamil Nadu, India to evaluate the performance of three fodder crops (i.e., sorghum (Sorghum vulgare [S. bicolor]), maize (Zea mays) and stylo (Stylosanthes hamata)) as understorey in fruit ...

The implementation of Community Forestry (CF) in protected forest area is not only intended to improve welfare of community living around forest but also restores the function of protected areas. This study aims to figure out the types of priority crops that can be developed in CF area based on...

The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Icerya aegyptiaca (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Monophlebidae), the Egyptian fluted scale, for the EU. This insect is established in several countries in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Within the EU, the pest has not...