Implementing Agency:
Department For International Development (DFIDC)

Project Code: 095-500-002	Start Date: 20-May-87	End Date: 30/11/1993
Commitment: £400,000	Status: Completed	Type of Funding: Bilateral - TC

Project Objectives:
The Orchard Crop Management and Research Project was funded by the British Development Division in the Caribbean under the bilateral aid programme with the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The crop protection component of the project was a continuous part of the Ministry of Agriculture's research programme from 1984 to 1988. In 1989 and 1990 short term inputs were linked to CARDI's programme and were a constituent of NRI's project identification and development in tree crops. The aim of the project was to identify and address selected preharvest pest and disease problems on the major fruit and beverage tree crops grown in Dominica. Long term field monitoring was undertaken on population changes of citrus weevils (Diaprepes famelicus esuriens Gyllenhall and D. abbreviatus [L.], Curculionidae, Coleopetra), coffee leaf miner (Perileucoptera coffeella [Guerin-Meneville], Lyonetiidae, Lepidoptera) and mango gall midge (Erosomyia mangiferae Felt, Cecidomyiidae, Diptera). Extended investigations were completed on the phenology of mango (Mangifera indica L., Julie variety), the damage caused by mango bud mite (Aceria mangiferae Sayed, Eriophyidae, Acarina) and the decline of avocados (Persea americana Mill., Lula variety) suffering from root rot (Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands). Insects, mites and spiders living on mango flowers were studied in detail for one flowering season.