2020–2021 Vegetable Production Handbook: Chapter 4. Integrated Pest Management

Net House Vegetable Production: Pest Management Successes and Challenges

Alabama is a significant producer of vegetables in the United States of America with over 50 different kinds grown under various environmental conditions. Tomato and bell pepper are some of the major vegetables produced by the state because of a high consumer demand for fresh produce giving good returns to the producers. However, the consistent consumer demand for unblemished produce also creat...

Integrating biopesticides in pest management strategies for tropical vegetable production

Vegetables, cultivated on 4.65 million ha with annual production of 53.5 million t in South and Southeast Asia, are subject to severe yield losses from insect pests and diseases in the tropics. Chemical pesticides account for onethird to one-half of the total mean material input cost for vegetable production in the region. Extensive and inappropriate pesticide use has led to pests developing re...

Integrated pest management.

Integrated pest management, in which the conventional pesticides are augmented by one or more nonchemical control practices, has been receiving renewed interest. What is new in this revitalization of an old technique is the careful and more knowledgeable application of a variety of control techniques.

Integrated Pest Management

Research and development on IPM was initiated in Pakistan in the 70’s. However, efforts to implement IPM at the farm level did not bear fruit. A major obstacle has been the mindset at the policy level to increase crop production to feed the ever-increasing population. Pesticides became a major instrument of increasing production leading to ‘pesticide treadmill’ situation. Although IPM-FFS “Veha...

Integrated pest management.