How to Prevent Pests and Disease Problems

Here farmers can find information about how to control pests and diseases in natural ways without the use of toxic chemicals. You will notice that the guidance for controlling each pest and disease below includes cultural techniques to make the soil healthy and to restore the soil food web.

We believe the logical solution to organic pest control is to create a balance of organisms in your soil. In a diverse ecosystem pest populations are regulated naturally. Development of this balance relies on products that minimize harm to pollinators and other beneficial insects. Traps and pheromone lures can be used to identify the presence of pests, and to help control them. If pests are present the least-toxic solutions should be used first, i.e. barriers, repellents, beneficial insects, biological pesticides, soaps, and oils, with the more toxic (but short lived) botanical or natural pesticides used only if necessary.

1.  Why crops grown with Bio-Plant and Pro-Plant have few problems with pests and diseases:

Why Crops Using Bio-Plant and Pro-Plant Have Few Pest and Disease Problems

2.  How Bio-Plant and Pro-Plant can be used to protect crops and trees from fungal diseases:

Using Bio-Plant and Pro-Plant to Deal with Fungal Diseases

3.  How to Manage the Armyworm with Bio-Plant and Pro-Plant:

How to Manage the Armyworm with Bio-Plant and Pro-Plant

4.  How to Deal with Insect Pests and Diseases Without Toxic Chemicals:

Firstly, there are many plants, which have plant protection properties.

Secondly, here is a list of natural pest control methods.

Lastly, you can find out a lot of information about the following pests and diseases at: www.infonet-biovision.org/plant_pests which is where the following information comes from.

African Armyworm
African Bollworm
African Cassava Mosaic Virus (ACMV)
African Maize Stalkborer
Anthracnose
Aphids
Bacterial Wilt
Bagrada Bug
Banana Weevil
Black Rot
Broomrape
Cabbage Looper
Cabbage Moth
Cabbage Webworm
Couch Grass
Cowpea Seed Beetle
Cutworms
Damping-off Diseases
Diamondback Moth (DBM)
Dodder
Downy Mildew
Early Blight
Fruit Flies
Fusarium Wilt
Larger Grain Borer (LGB)
Late Blight
Leafmining Flies (Leafminers)
Mango Seed Weevil
Mealybugs
Powdery Mildew
Purple Witchweed
Root-knot Nematodes
Sedges
Snails (Giant East African Snail)
Spider Mites
Spotted stemborer
Storage Pests
Sweet Potato Weevil
Termites
Thrips
Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Disease (TYLCV)
Turnip Mosaic Virus (TuMV)
Weeds
Whiteflies