Weed Management Challenges in Fairtrade Banana Farm Systems in the Windward Islands of the Caribbean

Commelina diffusaPopulation Dynamics in Banana and Ruderal Habitats under Mechanical and Herbicide Management Regimes

International Journal of Agronomy ◽

10.1155/2012/605745 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Wendy-Ann P. Isaac ◽

Richard A. I. Brathwaite ◽

Ayub Khan

Keyword(s):

Population Dynamics ◽

Weed Management ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Growth Cycle ◽

Flower Production ◽

Windward Islands ◽

Management Regimes ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Herbicide Management ◽

Over Time

Commelina diffusais a colonising species of banana orchard habitats in St. Vincent in the Windward Islands of the Caribbean. In the present study, the population dynamics ofC. diffusawere investigated in response to mechanical weed management with either a rotary string trimmer or glufosinate in ruderal and banana habitats. The study focused on density and size distribution of the weed over time and their response to two weed management strategies. The population dynamics ofC. diffusadiffered between the two habitats. Seedling establishment appeared to be an important factor influencing the dynamics ofC. diffusain banana orchards as there was little recruitment of seeds with less flower production compared with ruderal habitats where plants produced more flowers. Plants ofC. diffusain the banana orchard habitat had a longer growth cycle. In the banana orchard habitat, theC. diffusapopulation was greater and the plants were shorter with mechanical management than in areas treated with glufosinate. The results suggest that it is possible to manipulate the dynamics ofC. diffusain banana orchards as there is less chance of seed recruitment. Further research is necessary to refine an IPM approach for the management ofC. diffusa.

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PEDIATRIC ASTHMA AND SAHARAN DUST IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS IN THE CARIBBEAN

10.1130/abs/2019am-340870 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Naomi T.P. Nichols ◽

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Tom H. Brikowski

Keyword(s):

Pediatric Asthma ◽

Saharan Dust ◽

Windward Islands ◽

The Caribbean

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Every Island Is Not Haiti

10.1093/oso/9780190674793.003.0002 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Paul Friedland

Keyword(s):

Common Factor ◽

People Of Color ◽

Textual Evidence ◽

Racial Tension ◽

Windward Islands ◽

The Common ◽

The Caribbean

Between 1794 and 1796, Britain faced a series of rebellions in the Windward Islands of the Caribbean. In most present-day narratives, the common factor in all of these rebellions would seem to be the fact that each rebellion involved people of color rising up against white rule. In other words, these rebellions were essentially a war between the races, with the abolition of slavery a primary goal. The surviving textual evidence suggests a startlingly different picture. The rebels of the Windward Islands did not see themselves as fighting in separate, local rebellions in which one race took up arms against another; rather, they imagined themselves to be participating in a worldwide revolution in support of the universal rights of man. Individuals of all races were involved on both sides of the struggle, and very far from fanning the flames of racial tension, the rebels studiously avoided all references to race.

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