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Emerging Pests of Horticultural Crops in Northeast and its Management

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Title Emerging Pests of Horticultural Crops in Northeast and its Management
 
Creator Ningombam, Arati
Akoijam, Romila
Beemrote, Aruna
Ningthoujam, Ajit Kumar
Thokchom, Sushmita
Sharma, Susheel Kumar
 
Description The horticulture sector is a shining beacon making a vast contribution to the rapidly growing Indian Economy. It supports the sustainable livelihood of many fruit and vegetable farmers. In addition, it also provides employment opportunities through post-harvest value addition to SHGs, entrepreneurs, rural youth, women, etc., across the country. The NE region is home to many unique and underutilised fruits and vegetables, besides many GI-tagged fruits, cash crops and spices. It contains over one-third of the country’s total fruit diversity. Such a wide range of economically important horticultural crops are infested by various insect pests,hampering their production and lowering their productivity. Changing climate and cultural practices are a few factors leading to the emergence of many insect species as pests causing economic damage. They include invasive insects alien to the country that could threaten the biodiversity of the region and are polyphagous, capable of feeding on new hosts. Since the NE region is promoted as an organic hub of the country, thrust is given to organic pest management practices to manage these pests.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agriclutural Research
 
Date 2024-02-15
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndHort/article/view/148538
 
Source Indian Horticulture; Vol. 68 No. 6 (2023); 105-18
0019-4875
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndHort/article/view/148538/53892
 
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