Insect Pest Management Strategies-Current Trends and Future Prospects - A Report

摘要

In order to meet the food grain requirement for the in- creasing population, India would have to increase the food production to the tune of 240 mt. The steady growth in the world population, which is likely to reach 10 b in 2020, will demand more food to eat. Despite availabil- ity of several eco-friendly technologies for pest man- agement, farmers rely mostly on chemical pesticides because of their immediate and spectacular knockdown effect and availability.