A network of UK scientists working
on cocoa, but open to
all collaborators with similar interests.
all collaborators with similar interests.
| Thames Valley Cocoa Club | |
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A network of UK scientists working
on cocoa, but open to
all collaborators with similar interests. |
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Pest Management in Cocoa: Progress and Prospects Held
at the ICCO, London on Friday 8th April 2011 |
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| Chairman's introduction: a cocoa industry view on IPM | Martin Gilmour |
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| Mass trapping of cocoa mirids on farmers' farms and the effect of pheromone trap placement on catches | Joe Sarfo, David Hall & Colin Campbell |
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| Dose transfer efficiency of particulate suspensions to cocoa pests of West Africa | Nick Jessop & Roy Bateman (2.1 MB) |
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| Predicting cocoa crop phenology in relation to interventions against mirids in Ghana | Godfred Awudzi & Andrew Daymond |
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| Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus (CSSV) - transmission and detection | Andy Wetten (3.8 MB) |
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| Helopeltis attack and control in plantations | Brian Wood |
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| Isolation and characterisation of the female sex pheromone of Helopeltis theivora | David Hall |
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Pesticide mitigation and alternative strategies in cocoa production Held
at the ICCO, London on Thursday 8th October 2009 |
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| Chairman's introduction: a cocoa industry view on the state of the residues issue | Martin Gilmour | |||||||
| Overview: pests, pesticide hazards, legislation, research and extension | Roy Bateman |
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| An AgChem industry view on pesticides for cocoa | Ido Korman |
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| Developing reliable control for key cocoa pests in S.E. Asia with minimal chemical input | Brian Wood |
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| Does synthetic CPB pheromone have any future? | Colin Campbell |
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| Pesticide reduction using pheromones - best techniques and timing of implementation, suitability for IPM systems | David Hall |
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| Can better nozzles improve black pod control? | Rosalind Smith |
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| Pesticide reduction through improved application for mirid control | Nick Jessop |
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Presentations given at the Fourth meeting Workshop on Experimental Techniques for Cocoa Insect Pest Management
Held at the ICCO, London on 27 August 2008 |
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| Introduction on cocoa mirids | Colin Campbell |
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| The dose transfer process and insecticide field trials | Roy Bateman |
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| Mycoinsecticide evaluation: application, behaviour and efficacy | Nick Jessop |
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| Experimental set-ups | Colin Campbell |
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| The Biometrical challenge with mirids | Frank Owusu-Ansah |
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| Introduction to pheromones: experience with cocoa podborer pheromone in S E Asia. ( Included telephone link with Dr. Prakash Hebbar, USDA) | David Hall |
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| Experience with the mirid pheromone in W Africa | Joe Sarfo |
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| Expectations of Stem borer, Eulophonotus mrymeleon Fldr. (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) pheromone. | Joe Sarfo |
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Presentations given at the Third meeting How Can Cocoa Physiology Impact on Farmers' Livelihoods?
Held at the ICCO, London on 19 December 2007 |
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| Climate change scenarios for the W African moist forests | Tim Wheeler |
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| Delivering research outputs in cocoa: a physiology roadmap | Paul Hadley |
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| The role of native trees in cocoa cultivation in W Africa | Morag McDonald (6.7 MB) |
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| Shade - insect interactions | Colin Campbell |
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| Shade effects on cocoa: implications for water, light and temperature in a changing environment | Andrew Daymond |
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| Linking physiology with molecular biology | Penny Tricker |
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| Juvenility and vigour in cocoa | Mercy Anne Salifu |
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| Infection process with cocoa swollen shoot virus | Henry Dzahiniobiatey |
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| The implications of epi-genetic change for breeders and physiologists | Rob Lockwood |
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Presentations given at the Second meeting: Cocoa Entomology
Held at the University of Reading on 25 May 2007 |
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| Overview of cocoa pests in W Africa, including mealybugs. | Colin Campbell (1.6 MB) |
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| Prospects for mirid resistance in W Africa | Richard Adu-Acheampong (2.8MB) |
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| Prospects
for improving mirid management using sex pheromone |
Joe Sarfo |
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| Prospects for using mycoinsecticides in mirid management | Nick Jessop |
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| Minor and emerging cocoa pests in West Africa | Tony Cudjoe |
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| Why road maps? | Rob Lockwood |
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| Overview of cocoa pests in Asia and Pacific Islands | Roy Bateman (2.6 MB) |
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| Prospects for resistance to cocoa pod borer | Alias Awang |
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| Prospects
for rational pesticide use as part of an IPM strategy for CPB |
Roy Bateman (1.6 MB) |
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Prospects
for improving CPB management using |
Prakash Hebbar (3.2 MB) |
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Programme of the First meeting: Cocoa Pod Borer and its Management
Held at IPARC, Imperial College, Silwood Park on 23 March 2006 |
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| Cocoa Pod Borer: measuring loss | Rob Lockwood |
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| Protocol for CPB bioassays | Roy Bateman et al. |
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