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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*

1Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; 2Centre for Omic Sciences, Islamia College, University Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 25120.

 
*Correspondence | Muhammad Fahim, Centre for Omic Sciences, Islamia College, University Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 25120; Email: fahim@icp.edu.pk

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.

Sarhad Journal of Agriculture

September

Vol.40, Iss. 3, Pages 680-1101

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