Significance and Implications of Farming Practices, Knowledge and Methods of Disease Management in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Peach Farmers in Pakistan
Significance and Implications of Farming Practices, Knowledge and Methods of Disease Management in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Peach Farmers in Pakistan
Palwasha1, Siraj-ud-Din1 and Muhammad Fahim2*
Figure 1:
Peach production statistics in Pakistan (1981-2019).
Figure 2:
Map of the study area.
Figure 3:
Regional differences of farmers in (a) Ownership (b) Education.
Figure 5:
Regional differences in Farmers’ Awareness (a) Farmers knowledge about insects pests (b) knowledge about fungal diseases.
Figure 6:
Chemical control of insect Pests. Insecticides used for the control of (a) thrips, (b) mites, (c) aphids (d) san jose scale and (e) fruitflies in the study area.
Figure 7:
Chemical control of (a) blossom blight, (b) Aspergillus rot, (c) Alternaria rot (d) peach scab (e) sour rot and (f) brown rot in the study area.
Figure 4:
(a) Percent irrigation types (b) percentage of intercropping (c) percentage of varieties cultivated.
June 2022
Vol. 38, Iss. 2, Pages 388-758
