Eco-Friendly Nets and Floating Row Covers Reduce Pest Infestation and Improve Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Yields for Smallholder Farmers in Kenya

• Published in: Agronomy (Basel) Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Gogo, Elisha, Saidi, Mwanarusi, Itulya, Francis, Martin, Thibaud, Ngouajio, Mathieu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2014
• Subjects: crop yield; Cypermethrin; diet; farmers; fruits; Horticulture; insect pests; Insecticides; Kenya; microclimate modification; minerals; Pest control; pest exclusion; Pests; row covers; Small farms; Solanum lycopersicum; tomato quality; tomato yields; Tomatoes; Tropical environments; tropics; Vitamins; Kenya

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is an important vegetable for supplying vitamins, minerals and fiber in human diets worldwide. Successful open field production of tomato in the tropics is limited by insect pests among other constraints. Two trials were conducted at the Horticulture Research and Tea...