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Project

Ecologically sustainable citrus production
Code
13V69010
Duration
01 April 2010 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Federal funding: various
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agricultural animal production
    • Agricultural plant production
    • Agriculture, land and farm management
    • Other agriculture, forestry, fisheries and allied sciences
Keywords
termites citrus entomopathogenic nematodes control
 
Project description
 

Citrus production in Benin is considerably undermined by termites. The current project is developed between the Universities of Ghent (Belgium) and Parakou (Benin) to find cost-effective, environmentally-sound and sustainable termite control alternatives to synthetic chemicals’ use for citrus production. The project proposes the use of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) and plant extracts as new technologies.