insects of food crops

Insects of Food Crops - The growth and yield of food crops are also seriously damaged by various insects. Each insect attacks the crop in its own style and damage the crop to complete its own life cycle. The h..

The growth and yield of food crops are also seriously damaged by various insects. Each insect attacks the crop in its own style and damage the crop to complete its own life cycle. The insects attack almost all parts of croph..

Crop Protection - Most of the food crops are subjected to damage by insects and diseases. Large number of insects and diseases are recognized on every food crop. Control of insects and diseases is one of the great chall..

Name of the Crop Name of Insect-Pest Nature of Damage Control Measure Rice Gundhy bug Attack during post flowering period Spray monocrotophos Leaf hopper Attack on Leaves Spray monocrotophos Wheat Gujhia weevil Grubs feed on the roots and adult..

Crops - which are bred after deliberate modification of their genetic make up in order to bring a definite change in their characters. The modification of their genetic makeup is done at laboratory level by tissue culture and biotechnology methods. The modification is usually in terms of..

All living organisms need food for their existence. They need food for their growth, repair of tissues, energy and also protection against diseases. The various components of food are proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, roughage and wate..

Each crop has a large number of enemies in the form of insects, fungi, bacteria, weeds, rodents, mites etc unless they are controlled effectively, the crop yields would suffer very badly. To effectively control them, pesticides were recommended to be use..

With world wide awareness about dangers of persisting pesticides in food crops, enormous interest is shown in food grown on organic farming principles. Such food is called organic food . Organic farming is a method of farming wherein synthetic chemi..

Certain preventive measures can be adopted to protect crops from weeds, insects, mites, rodents and fung..

Certain preventive measures can be adopted to protect crops from weeds, insects, mites, rodents and fungi. They are: Use of resistant varieties Optimum time of sowing the crops Crop rotation and cropping system Clean cultivation Summer ploughing Rab..