DISEASES ENCOUNTERS BY PERI-URBAN LETTUCE FARMERS IN KUMASI - GHANA

PERI-URBAN LETTUCE PRODUCTION IN KUMASI METROPOLIS: DISEASES AND FARMERS' MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

von Emmanuel Moses, Emmanuel Abu, Charles Kwoseh

76 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), an annual leafy herb belonging to the family Compositae, is one of the most popular salad crops, and occupies the largest production area among salad crops in the world. Often times, its production is hindered by diseases particularly, leaf blight diseases, referred to by farmers as "dot disease". The study was carried out in four major lettuce growing communities (KNUST, Boadi, Gyinyase and University of Education, Winneba-Kumasi campus) within the peri-urban area of Kumasi Metropolis in Ashanti Region. The study comprised a survey where questionnaires were administered to catalogue diseases associated with Peri-urban production, management strategies employed by the farmers and laboratory experiment for isolation and identification of pathogens associated with the diseases. Leaf blight, leaf spot and Powdery mildew were the major diseases mentioned by the farmers. Samples of leaf blight disease of lettuce were collected from each community for isolation of causative organisms. Four fungi namely, Curvularia lunata, Colletotrichum dematium, Aspergilus niger, A. flavus and one unidentified bacterium were isolated.

• Themen: Technologie, Ingenieurswissenschaft, Landwirtschaft, Industrieprozesse Landwirtschaft
• ISBN: 9786630094251
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.06.2026
• Größe: 220 x 150 mm
• Verlag: GlobeEdit