Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco
Centre de Coopération pour les Recherches Scientifiques Relatives au Tabac

The objective of this experiment was to determine the effet of nematode tolerant legumes and grasses on soil fertility, disease incidence including nematodes, yield and quality of flue-cured tobacco. In this long term experiment, six rotation...

The objectives of this work were to establish if the use of alternative fertilisers, especially 23:21:0:4S and Super D, would produce tobacco seedlings that are as healthy and easy to harden as those produced with S mixture as a basal dressing...

The objectives of this trial were to determine the effects of using 23:21:0:4S, as a basal fertiliser in combination with other straight fertilisers on yield and quality of burley tobacco and to establish the rate at which this fertiliser should be...

Potato Virus Y (PVY) disease of tobacco is becoming a problem in Malawi. Some estates in Zomba, Machinga and Thyolo were seriously affected (25-50% infection) in 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 seasons. The disease occurs worldwide and is of great economic...

Wildfire and angular leaf spot, both bacterial diseases of tobacco are caused by two different strains of the same bacterium, Pseudomonas syringae pv tabaci. The wildfire strain causes necrotic lesions on leaves surrounded by yellow, water socked...

This trial was conducted at Mwimba Research station forest because there was inadequate space in the greenhouse. The objective of the trial was to evaluate Bion under controlled environmental conditions and determine the inoculum levels and using...

Methyl Bromide is used as a fumigant to control nematodes in soils, to preserve durable and perishable commodities, to control insects and ants in buildings and vehicles, ships and freight containers and quarantine. In Malawi, it is mostly used as a...

The effect of Methyl Bromide, Basamid (Dazomet), Telone II and Methan Sodium on nematodes and weeds in tobacco seedbeds is not known in Malawi although preliminary tests at Kandiya showed that Telone II was effective against nematodes and Methan...

The objective of this experiment was to test the nematicidal effects of Sunhemp and Khaki bush when they are combined with Basamid or Metham sodium on root-knot nematode juveniles in tobacco nursery. Three blocks of ten nursery beds each for the ten...

The performance of twenty-three lines selected at Chiwale Estate in 1999/2000 was compared with two checks, KE1 and C371G, in a 5 x 5 simple lattice with two replicates at Makoka Valley Estate. Plot size was 24 plants gross and 20 plants net at an...