Vol. 6, Issue 4 (2018)
Adoption of integrated pest management practices by mustard farmers of Haryana state
Author(s): Dr. BS Ghanghas, Dr. Sandeep Bhakar and Dr. PK Chahal
Abstract: Intensive agricultural practices relying heavily on chemical pesticides are a major cause of wide spread ecological imbalances resulting in serious problems of insecticide resistance, pest resurgence and pesticide residues. To overcome these problems for sustainability of agriculture adoption of latest AESA based IPM strategy is very much apprehensive. The findings revealed that over all knowledge as well as adoption of IPM practices by farmers against pests and diseases of mustard was low to moderate except being high in cultural practices followed by chemical control measures while bio agents and botanical measures were not adopted against pests and diseases of mustard crop since farmers had no proper knowledge of AESA based IPM practices as well as its proper sequential adoption in the field as per emergent ecology. More famer field schools on AESA based IPM strategy should be organized at farmers’ field by extension personnel to prove its worth as low cost & eco-friendly sustainable technology.
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Dr. BS Ghanghas, Dr. Sandeep Bhakar, Dr. PK Chahal. Adoption of integrated pest management practices by mustard farmers of Haryana state. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(4):1827-1832.
