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Crop protection :: IPM :: Millets

The following practices are adopted to reduce the pest populations in millets

  • Sorghum
  • Maize
  • Cumbu
  • Finger millet

Cultural

  • Summer ploughing
  • Antiqua Gr I variety of maize is comparatively more resistant to infestation of stem borer

Chemical

  • Shoot fly can be controlled with furrow application of phorate 10 G at 25 kg/ha
  • Soil application of phorate 10G at 25 kg/ha for white grub control

Biological

  • Egg – Trichogramma and Telenomus
  • Larval – ApantelesBracon chiensis
  • Pupal – Tetrastichus ayyari

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