Chemicles

What are the methods we can implement?

We can employee IPM (Integrated Pest Management)

What is Integrated Pest Management?

It is am effective method with minimum use of chemicals, fertilizer and maintaining ecological balance with beneficial insects, mechanical and cultural (KEM) methods

What are the major insects infecting the imitial stage of the plants (upto three weeks)?

Thrips

How can I identify the pest and symptoms?

The leaf get damage like changing colour

<flash>file=F6.swf|width=400|height=300|quality=best</flash>

How can we control “Thrips” attack?

There are several possible methods,

• Allow the field to dry for 2 to 3 days

• Use beneficial insects to control the “Thrip”

Which are the beneficial insects?

The major varieties of beneficial insects, they are

• Lady bird beetle
  

• Spider

• Odanata
  

If not successful even after those methods what method we can apply?

Then use chemical according to recommendation

What are the appropriate chemicals?

What is the correct method to apply the chemicals?

You can get the advice from the agriculture instructor in your area or see the lesson on “correct method of applying the chemicals"

Farmers cost