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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/7082| Title: | Light Trap models for use in IPM |
| Other Titles: | Not Available |
| Authors: | SK Singh |
| ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
| Author's Affiliated institute: | National Research Centre for Integrated Pest Management, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-12 |
| Published/ Complete Date: | 2016 |
| Project Code: | Not Available |
| Keywords: | Light trap, IPM, Light trap safer to beneficial insects |
| Publisher: | National Research Centre for Integrated Pest Management, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-12 |
| Citation: | Not Available |
| Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
| Abstract/Description: | Improved insect light trap is one of the important tools of plant protection. Insect light traps are the most widely used visual traps for the agricultural insect pests, and have been particularly important in surveillance and monitoring of the seasonal appearance of many species of moths, hoppers, beetles, etc. It is an electrically operated tool having a light source designed to attract and trap insect-pests. Light traps are mechanical devices and are most widely used as insect traps for relative estimates of population, and at times claimed for mass trapping. |
| Description: | advantages of light traps (i) Insect-pest monitoring to document seasonal dynamics of their populations in the agro-ecosystems for timely pest management. (ii) Mass trapping of selective phototrophic insect-pests like macro-lepidopteran insects viz., hairy caterpillar, semilooper, etc. Several insects belonging to orders viz., Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Diptera escape from the filter chamber of light trap. (iii) The non-target insect fauna are saved from unnecessary trapping and mortality. Although the device cannot restore all beneficial insects to environment, the dimensions are good enough to enable escape of several non-target and beneficial insect fauna including microhymenopteran (Ichneumonidae, Formicidae, unknown hymenopteran insects), microcoleopteran (Staphylinidae), micro-dipteran (Ephydridae), micro-dermapteran (Forficulidae) and several other unidentified insect fauna. (iv) The application of chemical pesticides may be reduced significantly thus reducing the cost of plant protection. (v) Durable and may be used year after year. The life of the insect light trap is almost of the duration of 3-4 years as it is made up of plastic of high quality. (ix) Non-target effect of chemical pesticides on beneficial insects can be overcome. (x) As there is plurality in regulation of pore sizes of the filter chamber, there is scope to increase its use in diverse agro-eco-systems. (xi) Cost-effective method of insect-pest management. The cost of economic models of insect light trap are below ` 1801 / piece, which is quite reasonable in comparison to the labour cost engaged in applying of the chemical pesticides on the crops. |
| ISSN: | Not Available |
| Type(s) of content: | Success Story |
| Sponsors: | Not Available |
| Language: | English |
| Name of Journal: | Not Available |
| Volume No.: | Not Available |
| Page Number: | 53-58 |
| Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Biocontrol |
| Source, DOI or any other URL: | Not Available |
| URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/7082 |
| Appears in Collections: | CS-NCIPM-Publication |
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