ABSTRACT
Integrated management of arthropod pests of cassava: the case of Southeast Asia Ignazio Graziosi and Kris A.G. Wyckhuys, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Vietnam
1 Introduction
2 Cassava pests in Southeast Asia
3 Guidelines for non-chemical pest management
4 Future trends and conclusion
5 Where to look for further information
6 Acknowledgements
7 References
Cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz (Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae), is a perennial woody plant native to South America and is cultivated throughout the tropics for its starchy roots (Olsen and Schaal 1999). Approximately 57% of the world’s cassava is grown in Africa, where it provides food security for more than 200 million people (Prudencio and Al-Hassan 1994; Manyong 2000; FAOSTAT 2015). In Southeast Asia, cassava is of increasing importance as a food, cash and bio-energy crop. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, cassava productivity in Southeast Asia has nearly doubled, and the crop has fast become one of the key agricultural commodities of the region. Local cassava provides industrial starches, dry chips for animal feed, biofuel and a range of products for human consumption, for both domestic use and export (Hahn 1989; Maziya-Dixon et al. 2007).
