Year: 2022 | Month: June | Volume 8 | Issue 1
A Study on Plant Pathology in Integrated Pest Management in Manipur
DOI:10.30954/2454-4132.1.2022.14
Abstract:
Integrated Pest Management combines cultural, mechanical, physical, biological and chemical methods for pest control. Cultural methods rely on a strategy to make the crop unacceptable to pests through practices like mixed cropping, crop rotation, management of trap crops to divert insects away from the main crop. Mechanical methods on the principle of soil management include tillage, mowing, cutting, mulching and organic soil coverage provide unhealthy environment for weeds and disrupt pest life cycle, and physical methods include use of pheromone traps, light traps, sticky traps etc. Biological method is a strategy of controlling insect pests and diseases using other organisms like predators, parasitoids and pathogens. Chemical methods involve use of pesticides in pest management and are used when other measures are not enough.
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