Integrated Pest Management - Wheat

Abstract: In India, wheat is ranked as the second most important grain crop. Particularly significant in the north-western regions, it serves as main food crop in these areas. India is the second-biggest producer of wheat in the world. Contributing approximately 14% of the wheat produced worldwide. This highlights the substantial role wheat plays in India's agricultural landscape and its significant impact on the world's overall wheat output, but due to various pests on wheat, the production is decreasing, let us see in this article how to identify and control various pests in wheat crop. A variety of bugs are beginning to rear their heads on wheat crops these days. It includes Termites, Wheat stem sawfly, pink borer, Armyworm, Brown wheat mites, Ghujhia weevil, Spider etc. If all these pests are controlled in time, many of our problems will end. We can use many methods to control the above-mentioned pests.

Keywords: biological control, cultural practices, chemical control, insect-pest, Larvae.

Author: Devkar Angad Ganeshrao

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