Integration of edible beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) into the push-pull technology developed for stemborer and Striga control in maize-based cropping systems

Khan, Zeyar R., Midega, Charles A. O, Wanyama, Japhether M., Amudavi, David M., Hassanali, Ahmed, Pittchar, Jimmy and Pickett, John A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8386-3770 2009. Integration of edible beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) into the push-pull technology developed for stemborer and Striga control in maize-based cropping systems. Crop Protection 28 (11) , pp. 997-1006. 10.1016/j.cropro.2009.05.014

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Abstract

Smallholder farming systems in eastern Africa are characterized by cereal/edible legume intercrops in fields severely constrained by parasitic weed, Striga hermonthica, cereal stemborers and declining soil fertility. The push–pull technology concurrently addresses these constraints. It involves intercropping maize with stemborer repellent fodder legume, Desmodium spp. (push), with an attractant crop, Napier grass, Pennisetum purpureum (pull), planted around this intercrop, thus making it difficult to interplant edible legumes. We assessed farmers' practice and perceptions on intercropping and willingness to integrate beans in their push–pull plots from a sample of 300 farmers in six districts in western Kenya. All the respondents traditionally intercropped maize with beans, planted either between the rows of maize, in the same holes with maize or in between maize plants within a row.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Chemistry
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0261-2194
Date of Acceptance:	30 May 2009
Last Modified:	18 Feb 2026 10:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/184933

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