IPM in Cassava

Cassava Integrated Pest Management

     This is from my subject CRPT 2 (Crop Protection)

       Cassava (Manihot esculenta), also called yuca, mogo, manioc, mandioca, and kamoteng kahoy, a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae(spurge family) native to South America, is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy, tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates. It differs from the similarly-spelled yucca, an unrelated fruit-bearing shrub in the Asparagaceae family. Cassava, when dried to a starchy, powdery (or pearly) extract is called tapioca, while its fermented, flaky version is named garri.

 Here are some diseases and pest of Cassava crop.

PESTS:

• Cassava green mite
• Cassava mealy bug
• Variegated grasshopper
• Bemisia whitefly

  You can control this pest of cassava crop by the biological control, cultural control and also by chemical control.

 DISEASES:

• Leaf and stem disease
• Cassava mosaic disease
• Cassava bacterial blight
• Cassava brown streak disease

 You can control this diseases of cassava crop by the following:

   Resistant Varieties :

•Bt Cassava

•IR 3I7 Variety of Cassava

   Cultural Control :

•Land Sanitation

•Pruning

•Water management

•Fertilization

•Good tillage

 Thank You !