Status of integrated pest management in root crops
1990
Sanico, R.T. (Philippine Root Crop Research and Training Center, Baybay, Leyte (Philippines))
Root crop production is not exempted from the attack and damage of various pests, for example, insects, plant pathogens, weeds, vermin. The major arthropod pests, diseases and weeds which greatly damage root crops have been identified and their biology studied. The pest control recommendations are mostly discipline oriented and thus compartmentalized into specific pest problems. So far, there has been no real attempt to look into the pest complex of these crops as a whole or to integrate the management of pests. The primary concern of most researchers seems only to generate component technologies which are the necessary tools for an effective IPM program. At present, IPM [integrated pest management] is not practiced yet in the production of cassava, sweet potato and practically all root crops.
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