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Acarides and Hemipteran Pests of Mulberry and Integrated Control of Mulberry Pests


Sanjai Kumar Gupta, K.P. Gaur
Pages: 55-74
ISBN: 978-93-90471-13-3


Advanced Trends in Agricultural Extension (Volume -2)

Advanced Trends in Agricultural Extension
(Volume - 2)

Abstract

Mulberry, the food plant of silkworm is prone to attack by number of pests comprising largely with insects and few non-insect species. They cause reduction in mulberry leaf yield besides deteriorating its nutritional value and make unfit for feeding silkworm. Feeding pest affected leaves to silkworm often results in adverse impact on its growth and cocoon yield. Therefore proper management strategies need to be adopted to keep mulberry garden free from the pests for sustainable production of silk. Chemical pest management practice is invariably preferred by the farmers as it yields visible result. But spray of highly toxic or long persisting insecticides is not recommended for mulberry garden due to their residual toxic effects to the silkworms and health hazards to the farmers on continuous use. Therefore adoption of IPM strategies with emphasis on non chemical methods like use of botanical formulations, natural enemies of mulberry pests, traps, water jetting etc., are advocated. In recent past, the pest status in mulberry ecosystem is changed due to advent of high yielding mulberry varieties, more use of agronomical inputs clubbed with climate change. Therefore, thorough updated knowledge on the pests invading mulberry garden including their descriptions, mode of damage to plants, symptoms, seasons favoring their multiplications, alternate host plants, effective natural enemies, suitable IPM practices is essential. This technical bulletin fulfills all above information and intent on catering sericulture farmers, extension workers and entomologists. Present findings of integrated pest management (IPM) is well defined tool by looking at the eco-friendly molecules new generation insecticidal molecules and botanical showed significant superior result in management of pest and good productivity for sericulturist farmers & researchers and silk industry.

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