Evaluating Curb as a Crop Repellent to West African Bird Pests

RL Bruggers

doi:10.1520/STP34973S

SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 June 1979

STP34973S

Evaluating Curb as a Crop Repellent to West African Bird Pests

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Techniques for evaluating the efficacy of chemical repellents applied to crops against depredating birds are presented. Curb (aluminum ammonium sulfate) has shown promise as a repellent against several species of granivorous birds when applied to ripening cereals in West Africa. In all the trials, one treatment of 8 to 16 kg/ha protected the ripening grain of rice, millet, and sorghum for between one and two weeks, and, under particular conditions, two treatments gave protection throughout the maturational period.

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Bruggers, RL

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/United Nations Development Program (FAO/UNDP) Quelea Project, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa

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Developed by Committee: E35

Pages: 188–197

DOI: 10.1520/STP34973S

ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4748-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0594-2

Evaluating Curb as a Crop Repellent to West African Bird Pests

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