Population dynamics of sucking pests on seed potato
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The potato is presently grown in 1.35 hectares in our country, which accounts for approximately1% of total area of country under cropping. This is supposed to be the only food crop incountry that fulfills almost all the valuable criteria for a good food and offers a potential forincreasing food production and income for the country. India produces almost 25 million tonsof potato annually, but the losses in this crop due to diseases, pest, nematodes, weeds, andother causes have always been a limitation. So for high productivity, application of chemicalpesticides has always been a first choice. But ever increasing resistance of pest to pesticidesand residue remains of these pesticides leads to a major concern about human health and otherenvironmental hazards. Therefore, at present the eco-friendly management of pest is thrustarea of research in economically sound pest control techniques. A great diversity of pestsattacking potato exists in India due to different agro-climatic zones and their feeding habits.Potato pests are grouped into sucking pest or sap feeders, foliage feeders or defoliators, storagepests, soil pest, nematodes and other non insect-pes