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Insects Light Trap in Organic Agriculture.
Insects Light Trap is one of the very effective tools of Insects Pest Management in Organic Agriculture as it mass-traps both the sexes of insect’s pests and also substantially reduces the carryover pest population. Light traps also used determine seasonal patterns of insect’s density in the cropped areas by researchers. Light Trap monitoring provides information related to insects distribution, abundance, flight patterns and helps to decide the timing of pesticide application.
The key insect pests of cereal crops (rice, maize, and sorghum), pulse crops (chickpea, pigeonpea, lentil, greengram), vegetable crops (okra, cauliflower, cabbage, tomato, brinjal), horticultural crops (mango, litchi, pomegranate, apple guava, coconut, banana) can be mass trapped by using the light trap. The major insect pests that are attracted towards light trap include rice leaf folder, rice stem borer, corn borer, hoppers, codling moth, cabbage looper, cutworms, armyworms, diamondback moth, webworm moths, leaf roller moths, tobacco caterpillar, potato leafhopper, bark beetles, red hairy, caterpillar, white grubs, groundnut leaf minor, hoppers etc.,
Farmers must know that by attracting and killing one adult moth or insect they control around 300-400 insect progenies through them. By monitoring the light traps they will know better what types of insect are there in the field and whether they are in controllable level or not.
Once the insect population in the light traps crosses a certain limit the farmer can decide on the type of pest management they have to take up. By keeping a light trap, one for every half an acre right from the beginning of planting the farmer can control almost all the insect pests that are trying to attack the crop. The light trap has undergone lots of changes from its simple beginning as a kerosene lamp kept in front of a cloth sheet or water container to electrically operated ones to battery operated now.
The ordinary light trap consists of an electric bulb emitting yellow light as attractant and a funnel to direct lured insects into a container containing water.
SAFS Organic Enterprises and leading biotech company Romvijay Biootech have developed a light weight, portable, battery-operated, remote and timer operated light trap.
The light trap has undergone many changes in the past and now the companies have developed the light traps using latest battery operated high power LED bulb technology. The light trap has been fitted with yellow light emitting LED bulbs for longer life and much brightness. The inbuilt battery is chargeable and one charge will keep the light glowing for about six hours. It has also developed multiple variants to support automated Timer turn off and solar power chargeable.
Farmers are advised to keep one light trap for every half an acre during the dusk hours (6 pm to 9 pm) when the insects are very active. They will be attracted towards the yellow light and fall inside the water in the tub fixed in the device.
The basic version device cost of the light trap is Rs 600/ and those interested can contact Mr. M. Abdul Kadhar, Safs organic enterprises on Phone: 0413-2271915 or mobile: 09488591915, Email: safs.orgmm@gmail.com
Insects Light Trap is one of the very effective tools of Insects Pest Management in Organic Agriculture as it mass-traps both the sexes of insect’s pests and also substantially reduces the carryover pest population. Light traps also used determine seasonal patterns of insect’s density in the cropped areas by researchers. Light Trap monitoring provides information related to insects distribution, abundance, flight patterns and helps to decide the timing of pesticide application.
The key insect pests of cereal crops (rice, maize, and sorghum), pulse crops (chickpea, pigeonpea, lentil, greengram), vegetable crops (okra, cauliflower, cabbage, tomato, brinjal), horticultural crops (mango, litchi, pomegranate, apple guava, coconut, banana) can be mass trapped by using the light trap. The major insect pests that are attracted towards light trap include rice leaf folder, rice stem borer, corn borer, hoppers, codling moth, cabbage looper, cutworms, armyworms, diamondback moth, webworm moths, leaf roller moths, tobacco caterpillar, potato leafhopper, bark beetles, red hairy, caterpillar, white grubs, groundnut leaf minor, hoppers etc.,
Farmers must know that by attracting and killing one adult moth or insect they control around 300-400 insect progenies through them. By monitoring the light traps they will know better what types of insect are there in the field and whether they are in controllable level or not.
Once the insect population in the light traps crosses a certain limit the farmer can decide on the type of pest management they have to take up. By keeping a light trap, one for every half an acre right from the beginning of planting the farmer can control almost all the insect pests that are trying to attack the crop. The light trap has undergone lots of changes from its simple beginning as a kerosene lamp kept in front of a cloth sheet or water container to electrically operated ones to battery operated now.
The ordinary light trap consists of an electric bulb emitting yellow light as attractant and a funnel to direct lured insects into a container containing water.
SAFS Organic Enterprises and leading biotech company Romvijay Biootech have developed a light weight, portable, battery-operated, remote and timer operated light trap.
The light trap has undergone many changes in the past and now the companies have developed the light traps using latest battery operated high power LED bulb technology. The light trap has been fitted with yellow light emitting LED bulbs for longer life and much brightness. The inbuilt battery is chargeable and one charge will keep the light glowing for about six hours. It has also developed multiple variants to support automated Timer turn off and solar power chargeable.
Farmers are advised to keep one light trap for every half an acre during the dusk hours (6 pm to 9 pm) when the insects are very active. They will be attracted towards the yellow light and fall inside the water in the tub fixed in the device.
The basic version device cost of the light trap is Rs 600/ and those interested can contact Mr. M. Abdul Kadhar, Safs organic enterprises on Phone: 0413-2271915 or mobile: 09488591915, Email: safs.orgmm@gmail.com
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