A network of UK scientists working on cocoa, but open
to all collaborators with similar interests.
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A network of UK scientists working on cocoa, but open
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Presentations given at the Fourth meeting Workshop on Experimental Techniques for Cocoa Insect Pest Managemant
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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