Plant disease diagnostic training in Bangladesh: A consultancy report

Abstract

The objectives were to: i) provide senior Bangladesh crop protection scientists with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and concepts of IPM, ii) to identify crops in Bangladesh where IPM can be developed and implemented, and iii) based on existing knowledge, outline IPM projects for a few crops and develop one project that would integrate vertebrate, plant pathogen and insect pest management into one coordinated multidisciplinary project. The latter was expected to be projected to pilot scale validation trials in farmers fields