Tag: aphid
Best farm practices to control wheat aphid
January 20th, 2013 | Technology Times | No Comments
WHEAT IS an important crop of Pakistan in terms of earning major foreign exchange and food for people. Its yield as well as production experienced substantial fluctuations during the last some years due to climatic changes. Among others, natural population of predators and parasitoids fail to manage aphid population to acceptable limits. Since independence, pest management techniques other than pesticide spray were successfully utilized against various pests of wheat on sustainable basis. Up to…Read More