To be continued

Biopesticides have been adopted worldwide either singly or in combination with conventional pesticides. Pesticide pollution continues to be a problem in agriculture, and the extensive use of chemical pesticides has depleted soil resources, increased pest resistance, and impacted food quality, often with serious effects in different parts of the food chain. Crops contaminated by pesticides are known to be responsible for many physical disorders and even death. Beans contaminated with pesticides is known to have caused the death of many here in Nigeria. Even glysophate is termed as carcinogenic in the USA and courts are awarding damages in the billions.
In this age, Bio-Pesticides may be the solution

Biopesticides often are effective in very small quantities and often decompose quickly, resulting in lower exposures and largely avoiding the pollution problems
caused by conventional pesticides.
When used as a component of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs, biopesticides can greatly reduce the use of conventional pesticides, while crop
yields remain high. To use biopesticides effectively (and safely), however, users need to know a great deal about managing pests and must carefully follow all label directions.

What are the advantages of using biopesticides?

Biopesticides are usually inherently less toxic than conventional pesticides.
Biopesticides generally affect only the target pest and closely related organisms, in contrast to broad spectrum, conventional pesticides that may affect organisms as different as birds, insects and mammals.

3. Plant-Incorporated-Protectants (PIPs) are pesticidal substances that plants produce from genetic material that has been added to the plant. For example,scientists can take the gene for the Bacterial pesticidal protein and introduce the gene into the plant's own genetic material. Then the plant, instead of the Bt bacterium, manufactures the substance that destroys the pest. The protein and its genetic material, but not the plant itself, are regulated by suitable laws or regulations in countries of manufacture

2.Biochemical/herbal pesticides: These are substances
naturally occurring in the environment that control pests.
This could include plant extracts that lure and trap insects or insect pheromones that interfere with mating. It may include botanical extractions that are active against plant disease pathogens and other pests

Classes of Biopesticides

Biopesticides fall into three major classes:

1. Microbial pesticides: These biopesticides are produced by microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and certain fungi. Each type of microbial pesticide targets a specific species or small group of species. It is common that microbial pesticides control a large variety of pests.

Biopesticides can also be defined as largely microbial pathogens of the pest in need of control which can be processed and marketed in the same way as chemical pesticides.

What are Biopesticides?

Biopesticides are certain types of pesticides derived from such natural materials as animals, plants, bacteria, and certain minerals. For example, canola oil and many essential oils have pesticidal applications and are considered biopesticides.

Good evening everyone
I hope we'll have a educative time together tonight. Bio-pesticides is so wide we'll be taking each part one at a time.
Tonight we do an introduction and focus on biofungicides.

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fluentinfor:


Could you post the characteristics of each variety?

@fluentinfo and co sorry for the late reply.data is not too good at the farm and i got delayed for answers to 2 of your questions by seed company.

Quality difference is is in Jay 4 being chemically treated unlike the others

1.For the purpose of trails varieties shall be known as Jay 1, 2, 3. 4.

2 Only one producer to be unveil after trials completion. Have started preparations and am in the process of making ridges.
Employed staff absconed and caused delay.Once on course again will be updating with pictures.Would appreciate if someone in the house can help me with 2 farm hand.
3. All have 35 days maturity
4. All varieties are hybrid
5. Fruits are 22-26cm in length
width ranges from 3.5-4.5cm
all varieties are streaked green
6. J 1-J 3 have medium tolerance while J 4 has high tolerance
7.All varieties are gynocious
8. Optimum temperature is 26-28
Maximum temperature is 32 degrees

50grams is actually going for 7.5k,8k,9.5k and 12k respectively.50g is equal to 2,000 seeds

fluentinfor:


Bros! Only me 50 seeds each. 48 seeds increment on each variety!

I test seeds a lot but at this time, I am just too busy. I am just online cos I took 1 week break from work. I am impressed with your approach.

But wait. If able men and ladies volunteer their time to do this work. Even you do not make 20 seeds and it is 5, it will pull crowd towards you. Lol.

Bros, are you going to start selling at 50 grams for N15,000 or N20,000? Cos this is what we are seeing around now ooo. Seeds just going up crazily..it is why I am trying OPV. I wasted my time on so many hybrids. After perfecting them, importers just create artificial scarcity and the next thing, seed price has risen 70%. Naija style.

Maybe all volunteers need to sign a contract with you that you supply them at 90% discount of current selling price to them for like 2 years.

I will give 3 years,provided naira does not fall by more than 20%. Price changes will depend on naira rate

boss01:
Boss, 20 fruits! Let's see

@boss01 get in touch please and be a partaker in trials

fluentinfor:
I want to see the miracle your seeds will do. 20 cukes on each vine under 35C temperature, open field?

A dey watch. Let's go

@fluentinfo thank you for your interest to dey look. I will prefer you to be a participant. Your past posts shows you are a very knowledgable cucumber farmer.Very informative and encouraging posts.
I want to give you 50 seeds each of the four varieties to try out and let us know the outcome. I do hope you will not consider the numbers too small sir. If you will get in touch we can arrange more at very discounted price.

If you will like to take part connect me on b_talabi@hotmail.com or drop your number and location on this thread

To qualify for free seeds;
you must be a cucumber farmer
you must be willing to share the growth process of the varieties of cucumber with pictures on this thread.

What if you can get a 35 days early maturing hybrid cucumber seeds for free?
Hybrid cucumbers that gives minimum of 20 fruits.
You might well ask, how can it be free or how possible is this?
It Is Possible!
I am giving away not only one but four different varieties of such early maturing hybrid cucumber seeds away. Two of the varieties to each person.