From the Director’s Desk

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, NEW DELHI

For electronic version please see www.ncipm.org.in

Newsletter

NCIPM

Vol. 16 (2) July–December 2010

Realization of potential yields inrespect of agricultural and horticulturalcrops is limited to the extent of yieldlosses caused by pests, be it insects,diseases, weeds, nematodes, rodentsand birds and to the yield savingsbrought out by plant protection. Fromecological prospective, plant protectionhas become complex considering thechanges in cropping system, andtechnological innovations of cropproduction and protection modulated bythe socio economic and cultural milieuof stakeholders including entrepreneursand farmers. In the current context of thechanging scenarios of climate, changesin interactions among components ofmanaged agro ecosystems includingpest-damage and vulnerability-strategyrelations are ordained. Introduction ofnon indigenous pests, geographicalshifts and changing food preferences ofexisting pests and altered efficacy of

pest management options are somegeneral effects of climate change. Sinceclimate change effects on plantprotection would be regionally distinctand highly heterogeneous, the isolatedapproaches of evolving independentsolutions cannot be resilient, durableand cost effective. Increased pestsurveillance across length and breadthof the country for all crops is crucial forassessment of not only the changes incrop–pest relations under changingclimate but also to immediatelyimplement strategic pest management.Surveillance programmes of NCIPMhave already harnessed a benignapproach to pest management in thecrops of rice at Odhisa and soybean,cotton, pigeonpea and chickpea atMaharashtra by serving as interfacebetween plant protection units of cropbased institutes of ICAR, and SAUs ofthe concerned States and State

Changing needs of plant protection against challenges of climate change

Innovations/CommercializationInnovative IPM gadgets

designed and developedThe innovative gadgets viz., - “Light

trap safer to beneficial insects” (Patentapplication No. 1822/DEL/2010) and“Device for beneficial insects” (Patentapplication No. 1137/DEL/2010) weredesigned and developed under theinstitute project - “Development ofmechanical devices needed for pestmanagement”. Light trap is an important

tool of IPM. By using this new lighttrap, one can manage many insectpests such as H.armigera, S.litura,semiloopers, hairy caterpillars, beetlesetc. by mass trapping of adults of boththe sexes. It is safer to the beneficialinsects particularly the parasitoids(mostly egg, larval and egg-larvalparasitoids).

The “Device for beneficial insects”has been designed and developed for

conservation and enhancement of thepopulation of beneficial insects i.e.,larval parasitoid wasps in the crop fields.These parasitoid wasps parasitize theharmful insect pests present on the cropplants and thus reduce the insect pests’population. They may thus get furthermultiplied, hence, it triggers a dynamicprocess. It is an important tool ofIPM and provides sustainable pestcontrol.

NCIPM has issued the licenses of these equipment to “M/s Fine Traps (India), 6 Sawarkar Market Dat ta Chowk, Yavatmal, Maharashtra, Pin code 445001” (Phone No.:09422166867; 07232-244282; FAX: 07232-243461; E-mail: finetrapyavatmal@rocketmail.com) on exclusive basis under Public-Private Par tnership for commercial scaleproduction and marketing to Gov t. as well as private sector. NCIPM has fixed the price of these equipment. These are proprietary product and therefore, do not require quotationthrough tenders as per GF rules (ht tp://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expendi ture/GFRS/GFR2005.pdf Rule 154 (page No. 61). Demand orders of this equipment may be putto the Centre. NCIPM would forward all the orders received from various clients to this firm for executing supply, billing and collection of payment on their name. Order may beplaced directly to this firm wi th information to NCIPM for records. Fur ther details can be seen on ncipm.org.in.

Departments of Agriculture. Effects ofclimate change on plant protectioncaptured and synthesized at differentnodes for different pests and cropslinked to an apex body interwovenby inbuilt two way information flowwould result in efficient knowledgesharing and quality technologicalinnovations at research level. Theharmonization of plant protectioncenters and personnel of NationalAgricultural Research System to acommon platform would synergizefinancial and man power resources ofplant protection towards attaining betterplant protection. The integrated pestmanagement (IPM) efforts of the countryare on the threshold of action for achange towards systematization ofstructure and function of institutions withassociation of plant protection, in thecurrent context of challenges of climatechange.

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New Initiatives

New Project Formulation

A meeting was held on 27th oct.,2010 with Director of Agriculture,Government of Gujarat at KrishiBhawan, Gandhinagar to formulate aproject on surveillance for Awarenessof pest and diseases in oilseedcrops on the model of Maharashtra.Dr. D.V. Barot, Joint DirectorAgriculture (Oilseed) gaveintroduction of the par ticipatingofficials. Meeting was attended by 29officials from all stakeholders ofthe project and Joint Director Rajkot,Vadodra, Junagadh, Mehsana,Ahmedabad, Dy. Directors (Cotton,Plant Protection and Agriculture andAgriculture Officer (oilseeds & cotton)of the Directorate of Agriculture

Government of Gujarat andDirectorate of Groundnut Research,Junagadh. Dr. O.M. Bambawale,Director, NCIPM gave orientationabout the project entitled “Awareness-cum-Surveillance Programme formanagement of Major pests inSoybean-Cotton based croppingSystem in Maharashtra (2009-10)”Dr. Saroj Singh, Team leader Oilseedcrops presented and explained aboutproposed project entitled “Awareness-cum-Surveillance Programme forManagement of Major pests inGroundnut-Cotton based croppingSystem in Gujarat (2011-12)” whichwas formulated collectively by stategovernment of Gujrat and NCIPM,New Delhi. Dr. J.B. Misra, Director,DGR, emphasized on the use of

Awareness -cum-Sur ve i l l anceProgramme in the state and he gaveinformation about the pest scenarioof groundnut in the state. Scientistsfrom all the four State AgriculturalUniversities gave details about key-pests of groundnut and cotton.Proposed project was discussed indetail with all the stakeholders.Discussions were held on differentaspects such as item-wise budget,crop area, district-wise number ofscouts, number of pest monitors anddata entry operator required andallocation of funds stakeholder-wise.It was decided that the stategovernment officials would finalizethe proposed project proposal with allthe financial and technical details inconsultation with NCIPM, New Delhi.

IPM Activities/Research Highlights

Awareness-cum-surveillance programme forthe management of major

pests of rice in OrissaThe project was sponsored by

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana for themanagement of major pests of rice inOrissa. Monitoring of insect pests and

diseases was carr ied out in 13districts of Orissa in paddy basedcropping system jointly by StateAgriculture Department (Orissa),Institute of Management ofAgricultural Extension (Orissa),NCIPM (New Delhi), Central RiceResearch Institute (Cuttack, Orissa),

CIPMC (Orissa) and Orissa Universityof Agriculture and Technology (OUAT),Bhubaneshwar, Orissa.

The data collected from all thecentres were processed at NCIPMwith the help of software and wasmade available on the website inthe form of tables and graphs to allthe centres, State AgriculturalDepartment (SAD) and OUAT fortaking immediate action. Based uponthe pest data displayed on thewebsite, OUAT, Bhubaneshwarissued weekly advisory on the websitefor managing insect pests and diseaseswhich was implemented by SAD withthe help of farmers.

The swarming caterpillardamage (% tillers) started from 29th

Standard Meteorological Week(SMW) with highest level atSambalpur (12.9%) followed bySundergarh (7.4%), Deogarh (1.2%)and Bolangir (0.1%) districts. Thedamage in other districts, especiallyMalkangiri (3.4%), Nuapada (1.3%)

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and Bargarh (0.06%) districtsappeared in 30 SMW. After the firstappearance of the pest, a decline inthe damage was recorded, though thedamage remained at low levelthroughout the season at Sambalpur,Malkangiri, Sundergarh, Nuapada,Bargarh, Nawrangpur and Subarnpurexcept a sudden increase in thedamage at Malkangiri (3.8%),Kalahandi (1.1%) in 34 SMW and atKoraput (1.2%) in 37 SMW whichgradually declined. While compilingdata on larval population of S.mauritia, the larval appearance wasrecorded from 29th SMW onwards butthe highest population (larvae/hill)was found at Malkangiri (0.3) followedby Koraput (0.06), Kalahandi (0.05)and Nawrangpur (0.08) in 34 SMW.Later in the season a declining trendin pest population was observed.

Blast also appeared as majordisease in Orissa. Highest per centintensity of blast was recorded inBargarh (5.4) in 39 SMW followed byRayagada (4.3) in 43 SMW andDeogarh (3.5) in 34 SMW.

Carry over of Spodopteralitura (Fabricius) andHelicoverpa armigera(Hubner) from weeds

to Bt cotton

Monitoring of Bt cotton in cotton-wheat cropping system at BurgBhangu village, Sirsa (Haryana) of

North India for insect pests during2010 indicated the movement ofthe polyphagous noctuids viz.,Spodoptera litura and Helicoverpaarmigera feeding on weeds viz.,janglee chauli (Amaranthus viridis L.)and sunberry (Physalis minima L.),respectively onto Bt cotton. S.lituralarvae were observed feeding onA.viridis from July till second weekof August causing completedefoliation. Later, larvae of S. lituramoved to adjacent cotton plantsbetween third week of August (2larvae/10 plants) and first week ofSeptember (9 larvae/10 plants).Larvae fed upon foliage, squaresflowers and green bolls of Bt cotton.

On the other hand, H.armigerafeeding on berries of P. minima movedonto Bt cotton and damaged thefruiting bodies during second week ofSeptember. In case of both thenoctuids, the non availability of theseweed hosts had resulted themovement indicating the continuousperpetuation of these two noctuidsduring the season in the cottonecosystem. Collection and properdestruction of both the pests betweenJuly and September months wouldreduce the selection pressure againstBt toxin, despite the fact that therehave been declining levels of proteinexpression with increasing age of thecrop.

Damage due to Spodoptera litura on Bt cotton

Flower damage Square damage

Leaf damage Boll damage

Behaviour BasedManagement of Fruit Flies

Observations on Bactroceracucurbitae (Coquillett) and B. diversa(Coquillett) at Nagaria Beech village(Etah; Uttar Pradesh) during wintermonths indicated the gregariousresting of adults on its host viz., bottlegourd, [Lagenaria siceraria (Molina);Cucurbitaceae], and non host plantssuch as ratalu [Dioscorea spp.;Dioscoreaceae], neem [Azadirachtaindica A. Juss; Meliaceae] andmulberry [Morus alba L.; Moraceae).Such aggregate resting of flies wasnoted on the above crops grown nearthe residential houses and tube wells

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Aggregations of B. cucurbitae and B. diversa

Ratalu Bottle gourd

Mulberry Secretary activity before nesting

Crop Pests Monitored

Soybean Spodoptera litura, Helicoverpa armigera , Girdle beetle,Semilooper

Cotton Spodoptera litura, Aphid, Jassid , White fly and Leaf reddening

Pigeonpea Helicoverpa armigera, Pod fly, Plume moth and Leaf and flowerwebber

Chickpea Helicoverpa armigera, Wilt

in farms. Flies of both species werenoticed resting alone or together.Resting site was like a cage made upof leaves of host and non host plantslocated at sun facing side. Fruit flieswere observed to be sticking to theirsalivary secretion at resting sites, andthis sticky substance guides them tolocate their homes. Flies star treturning to their cages at sunset andremain scattered around cages on thesurface of foliage during which matingtakes place. Later they enter into cagefor overnight resting. Morning activitystar ts after sunrise when theatmosphere is warm. On chilly andcloudy days flies were seen sitting forwhole or several days in their cages.Effective management could utilizethis behavioral pattern of fruit fliesduring winter season wherein thecages may be searched for anddestroyed. Cages with fruit flies oncelocated can be mechanically trappedusing paper or poly bags which areto be disposed either by crushing orby placing in fire. Inaccessible placesof fruit fly aggregations can bedestroyed by throwing flames of fireusing long rods/bamboo poles. Whilemechanical approach would minimize

the incidence and damage tocucurbits, further studies into thechemical composition of salivarysecretions offer scope for synthesisof fruit fly attractants.

e-Pest surveillance andadvisory for soybean,cotton, pigeonpea and

chickpeaThe RKVY funded project on

e-pest surveillance and pestmanagement advisories across 28districts among seven divisions ofMaharashtra was implemented onsoybean, cotton, pigeonpea duringkharif season and on chickpea duringrabi season with a total financialoutlay of Rs. 738 lakhs. The webbased surveillance methods, trackingand reporting systems have been

improvised with integration of GISbased maps. An area of 26, 39.7, 13.8and 13 lakh ha of soybean, cotton,pigeonpea and chickpea respectivelywas covered representing 52.8% ofthe Kharif cropped area. The majorpests of different crops weremonitored regularly.

Pest scouts, pest monitors anddata entry operators numbering 551,64 and 64, respectively were engagedfor field data collection and uploadsthrough NCIPM’s website. ThreeState Agricultural Universities (SAUs)issued 5960 and advisories theState Department of Agriculture,Maharashtra disseminated theadvisories through 7487351short mailservices (SMSes).

Number of villages across thestate that had any one or more pestsof soybean and cotton above ETLsduring different periods of the seasonwas indicated. Second week ofAugust was observed to be critical forpest management on soybean.

Above economic thresholdoccurrence of population ofsemilooper (>5 nos/ m row) onsoybean was observed among fivedistricts of Amravati division viz.,Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Washimand Yeotmal besides Latur andGadchiroli districts of Latur andNagpur divisions between mid Julyand mid August. S. litura incidenceabove ETL was noticed only atsome talukas of Latur, Gadchiroliand Ahmadnagar. Girdle beetlewas sporadic and occurred at sixdistricts viz., Buldhana, Nandurbar,Nagpur, Dhule, Bhandara andWardha. The incidence of S. liturawas minimum over space and timeduring current Kharif 2010 ascompared to the previous season. H.armigera was observed above ETL at

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Division Data entries (nos) Pest management Advisories sent toPest Pest advisories issued farmers throughscouts Monitors by SAUs (nos) SMS (nos)

Amravati 89416 7464 1256 1498254Aurangabad 36411 3688 630 994491Kolhapur 4036 795 522 952199Latur 50465 5926 1088 986474Nagpur 33951 3684 931 1413106Nasik 33702 2769 912 833567Pune 4632 1388 621 809260Total 252613 25714 5960 7487351

Data entries and pest management advisories for soybean and cotton

Survey News

Field survey for papayamealybug and its

parasitoids in pune

Dr. R.K. Tanwar, Pr. Scientist,NCIPM accompanied by Dr. R.V. Nakat,Prof. MPKV, Pune visited Papayaorchard of progressive farmers at Lonikand (Taluka- Hawali) situated at 21 kmaway from Pune on 20th and 21st Oct.,2010. Papaya plants in the field wereheavily infested with mealybug,Paracoccus marginatus foundparasitizing, Acerophagous papayawas recorded for the first time. Duringthe visit in August 2010, the infestationof P. marginatus was confined to only afew plants and no fresh papaya treeswere found infested with papayamealybug. Population of parastioid,A. papayae was high on most ofthe infested plants ranging from 20 to400 adults per fruit. In these parasitizedmealybugs, the wax covering wasreduced and the colour of the mealybug

changed to light brown. Scientists alsovisited IARI Regional Station and NARPRegional Fruit Station, Ganeshkhindlocated in Pune. At IARI RegionalStation most of the papaya trees as wellas fruits in papaya orchard were freefrom P. marginatus infestation except afew old leaves which were heavilyinfested with P. marginatus and werealso carrying plenty of A. papayaeadults. Parasitization of the mealybugon these leaves was very high (>60%).At this station the infestation ofpapaya mealybug was high in June,

2010. However, the pest wasself contained due to naturalparasitization. A. papaya appearedby itself and no chemical spray wascarried out for managing the pest.At NARP Regional Fruit Stationneither mealybug nor its parasitoid,A. papayae was seen on papayaplants. The pest was managed by4-5 sprays of chemical insecticides. Thefruits on the plants were reduced insize and most of the plants werewithout leaves. Only fresh leaveswere visible.

adversely affect S.litura developmentresulting lower population onsoybean.

In cotton, overall sucking pestsituation was below ETL across thestate but for occasional incidence ofS.litura on few occassions in Warudtaluka of Amravati and villages ofBuldhana, Nagpur and Aurangabad.Jassid incidence was above ETL inJalgaon, Nasik and Ahmednagardistricts during third week of Augustand in Wardha, Aurangabad, Akola,Buldhana, Hingoli, Nagpur andAhmednagar during mid September.The progressively increasing numberof villages where population of thepest tend to rise above ETL in cottonmay be due to the leaf reddening.Negative influence of moistureadequacy index and soil moistureindex was reported for leaf reddening.Early crop growth was found proneto leaf reddining due to stagnation ofwater dur ing excessive rainfallperiods.

S h e o n g a o nvillage of Selu inWardha districtdur ing secondweek ofS e p t e m b e r .More number ofrainy days withrainfall events>40 mm per dayduring the Kharif2010 betweenJuly and Augustwas found to

Parasitized papaya mealybug with

emergence holeParasitized papaya mealybug

at Lonikand

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Field Day / Kisan Mela

IPM in Bell Pepper‘Kisan Pathshala’ was organized

on ‘Integrated Pest Management inBell Pepper’ at the adopted IPM village‘Daha Jagir – Bajidan Jattan’ DistrictKarnal, Haryana on 21st December,2010 under National HorticultureBoard (NHB) Project ‘Demonstration,Promotion and Popularization of IPMin bell pepper and tomato’. ThePathshala was attended by more thansixty farmers from Daha Jagir & otherneighbouring villages. Scientists fromNCIPM and officials from Excels CropCare India Ltd. interacted with thefarmers and apprised them aboutthe important components of IPMprogramme.

The lead IPM farmer, Mr. SukhDev narrated the success of IPM inhis bell pepper fields and even wasprepared for adoption of organicfarming on trial basis for a year. Duringthe last three years of IPM trial collar

& stem rot of bell pepper has beeneffectively managed by the use ofTrichoderma and application of safefungicide.

IPM in Tomato‘Kisan Pathshala’ was

organized on ‘Integrated PestManagement in tomato crop’ at thenewly adopted IPM village ‘Bastara’in Karnal District, Haryana on 30th

December, 2010 under NationalHorticulture Board (NHB) Project‘Demonstration, Promotion andPopularization of IPM in bell pepperand tomato’. The Pathshala wasattended by more than forty farmersfrom Bastara village.

IPM in Cauliflower

Kisan Pathshala was organizedon 9.9.09 at Palari village of Sonipatdistrict of Haryana in which more than60 farmers participated. Cauliflower in

this village is grown round the year butrainy season cultivation suffer heavylosses in curd yield due to pests suchas damping off, Hellula undalis innursery and, Spodoptera litura,and alternaria leaf spot aftertransplanting. Farmers were educatedabout the pest problems, variouscomponents of IPM technology andtheir implementation.

IPM in Cabbage andGinger

Kisan Pathshala was organizedon 5.8.2010 in Chopdiyal village inwhich >50 farmers par ticipated.Dr. D.B. Ahuja, from NCIPM, NewDelhi and Dr. A.K.Pandey, Sh ChanderDev and Dr. S.C.Sharma fromcollaborating centre College ofForestry and Hill Agriculture, G.B. PantUniversity of Agriculture andTechnology, Hill campus, Ranichauri-Tehri Garhwal gave guidance.

Meetings / Events

Visit of the SecretaryDepartment of Agricultureand Co-operation, Govt of

India to ongoing A3Pprogramme

Accelerated Pulses ProductionProgramme (A3P) is a step forwardfor vigorous implementation of thepulses development. A3Pconceptualized to take up the activepromotion of field tested keytechnologies with more focus onIntegrated Nutrient Management(INM) and Integrated PestManagement (IPM) in a manner thatcreates catalyzing impact of assuringfarmers of all categories for higherreturns. NCIPM, New Delhi hasidentified Gulbarga district, the bowlof Karnataka, as a hub of technologieson pulses to increase the production

and productivity of both pigeonpeaand chickpea through demonstrationof IPM technologies and managementpractices based on pest surveillancesystem. Activities were implementedin 34 villages as “Nuclear Model units”in Gulbarga district covering 7000 ha

for pigeonpea with 3301 farmer’sfamilies and 5000 ha for chickpeawith 1500 farmer’s families during2010-11. On 11th Dec., 2010 Hon'bleSh P.K. Basu, Secretary, A & C, GOI,accompanied by Sh M. Khullar, JS,DAC, GOI, Dr Munniapa, Principal

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Secretary, Department of Agriculture,Karnataka Govt, Dr Sarvesh, Director,Karnataka Govt and other stateofficials made a field visit to review theongoing work under A3P at the ARS,Gulbarga. After brief meeting thegroup visited village Ankalaga inAfzalpur Taluk. They were happy tosee the crop (pod stage) with leastinfestation of insect pests anddiseases. Farmers from 15 villageswho participated in the field day werevocal of impact of INM in terms ofhealthy plant stand and bold pods andIPM components as effectiveprotectants against pests anddiseases and expected 20-25%increase in the yield. Similarly 7villages benefitting 1150 farmer’swere covered in Jalna District ofMaharashtra in the A3P. On 13th Oct.,2010 Honorable Sh P K Basu,Secretary, DAC, accompanied by ShM Khullar, JS, DAC, GOI and StateGovt officials made a field visit toreview the ongoing work under A3Pat Badnapur (MS). The crop was invegetative stage and they were happyto note that the pests were undermanageable level.

Visit of monitoring team toNISPM Centres in the

North (NISPM)Under the Ministry of Agriculture

sponsored project, NationalInformation System for PestManagement (Bt Cotton) NISPM,

monitor ing team comprised ofDr. S.P. Singh, Former Director, PDBC,Dr. S. Uthamasamy, Former Directorof Extension and Education, TNAUand Dr. S.M. Kolhatkar, Joint Director,DOCD, Mumbai. The team visitedNISPM centres in the northern Indiafrom 16-18 November, 2010. At CCSHAU, Hisar the team visited NISPMvillage, Alipur located about 20 kmaway from the University. In the villageall the 10 scouts, Data Entry Operator,Project Officer and IPM as well asother farmers were present. The teamhad a discussion with scouts and gotfeedback from farmers about the IPMknowledge disseminated. At KVK,Faridkot the monitoring team visitedNISPM village, Khera. A meeting of theprogressive farmers was organized atKhera village for interaction with themembers of monitoring team. The teamshowed satisfaction about knowledgegained by the farmers.

Visit of Joint Secretary(Cotton) at NISPM Centre,

KVK, Ahmadnagar,Maharashtra

Sh. E.K. Majhi, Joint Secretary(Cotton), Ministry of Agriculture, GOIaccompanied by Dr. AnupamBarik, Director, DOCD visited KVKAhmadnagar on 9th October, 2010.The team visited a village adopted byKVK under NISPM project. All thescouts as well as DPO along with In

charge KVK and SMS were presentin the village. Scouts demonstratedthe methodology for field observationin cotton field and filling the data sheetin fixed plot. A meeting with IPMfarmers was also organized in thevillage. Joint Secretary interacted withfarmers to get feedback about theimpact of the project. The farmersinformed that due to the projectactivities there was about 50%reduction in chemical pesticide spraysin their cotton crop. The farmers of thevillage have become familiar with bio-pesticides and are now using them incotton crop. A significant increase inthe yield from an average of 12 q/hato 30 q/ha has now been recorded bythe farmers of the village. The JointSecretary also visited KVKAhmadnagar where the In chargepresented the achievements of KVKand explained the NISPM work beingcarried out by the centre. During thevisit, the uploading of data in thecomputer, display of the data in theform of table/ graph of differentcentres and the tracking of the dataentered by different centres was alsodemonstrated. The Joint secretaryappreciated the work carried outunder the project. The team alsovisited the Biopesticide laboratory andradio station run by the KVK.

Interactive Meeting onIPM in Horticultural Crops

An interactive meeting on ‘IPMin Horticultural Crops’ was jointlyorganized by NCIPM and NationalHorticulture Board (NHB), Gurgoanat NCIPM, New Delhi on1st September, 2010. Scientistsfrom ICAR institutes/SAUs/privateorganizations actively engaged inproduction of bioagents anddisease forecasting in horticulturalcrops participated in the meeting.Infrastructure set up and differentforecasting models developed forimportant pests and diseases ofvegetable and fruit crops viz; apple,grapes, pomegranate, tomato, potato,brinjal and bell pepper werediscussed. Disease forecasting andproduction of bioagents are highly

A technical bulletin on pigeonpea pest management released during the Kisan Mela by Hon’ble

Shri P.K. Basu, Secretary (A & C), Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, GOI

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complementary activities to thedevelopment and adoption ofIPM technology in hor ticulturalcrops. IPM technologies developed forimportant national insect pests likefruit fly and Helicoverpa armigerawere presented by the scientists.Dr H.R. Sardana, Principal Scientist,NCIPM presented the IPMtechnologies for different vegetablecrops validated in Farmers’ parti-cipatory modes. Sh. Bijay Kumar,

Managing Director, NationalHor ticulture Board asked thescientists to strengthen biocontroland disease forecasting laboratoriesand invited proposals on implemen-tation and popularization of IPMpackages in horticultural crops.

Students visit CauliflowerIPM fields

IARI Ph.D and M.Sc. students ofcourse number PP 516 and ENT

502 visited the farmers IPMfields of cauliflower on 6 October 2010in village Palari of district Sonipat ofHaryana. Students were educatedregarding various IPM componentsbeing implemented. They alsointeracted with farmers andreceived the feedback about theimplementation of various compo-nents of IPM technology.

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