Agro-Eco System Analysis (AESA) based Plant Health Management
Ipsita Samal*
Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (110 012), India
Jayashree Bhattacharjee
Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Tripura, Tripura, India
Debashre Bhattacharjee
Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Tripura, Tripura, India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Agro-ecosystem analysis (AESA), Integrated pest management, Plant health
Abstract
Decision making and farmers participation in adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a crucial tool. Agro Ecosystem Analysis (AESA) is an approach, which can be employed by extension functionaries and farmers to analyze the field situations and monitor the population of pests, defenders, soil conditions, plant health and the influence of climatic factors to make informed decisions for growing a healthy crop. Thus IPM is acting as an interdisciplinary approach, that starts from monitoring to decision making for a successful outcome.
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Gurr, G.M., Wratten, S.D., Altieri, M.A., 2004. Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. ISBN: 0 643 099022 3.