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Simple and Effective Integrated Pest Management Technique for Vegetables in Northeast Thailand

author(s) Chuachin, S - Wangkahart, T - Wani, S P - Rego, T J - Pathak, P
from International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
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  • South-Eastern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
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Chuachin, S and Wangkahart, T and Wani, S P and Rego, T J and Pathak, P (2012) Simple and Effective Integrated Pest Management Technique for Vegetables in Northeast Thailand. In: Community Watershed Management for Sustainable Intensification in Northeast Thailand. 70-12 . International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics , Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 132-142
Simple and Effective Integrated Pest Management Technique for Vegetables in Northeast Thailand

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Abstract

Insect pests are one of the major constraints to increase food production and higher agricultural productivity. On a global level, pests are reported to destroy a significant part of the agricultural harvest. A comprehensive study (Oerke et al. 1999) showed that crop losses due to insect-pests range from 25% to over 50%, depending on the crop and agroclimatic conditions. About five million tons of pesticides are used annually in agriculture world-wide and there is ample evidence to show that pesticide use can often aggravate rather than reduce the pest damage in many crops

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