Integrated Pest Management in Mushroom Cultivation
Ashok Kumar Meena
Dept. of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Baytu, Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan (344 034), India
Durga Prasad*
Dept. of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Baytu, Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan (344 034), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Insect-pests, Integrated Pest Management, Mushroom, Phorids
Abstract
Mushroom is an edible fungus which humans have been using as food and medicine since time immemorial. Cultivation of eatable mushrooms can often be affected by several insect pests, mites and nematodes which often cause production losses. The market value of mushrooms also reduces due to infestation and contamination. There is not much evidence related to integrated pest management in mushroom cultivation. The updated article presents a practical list of insect pests related to mushroom cultivation and their integrated management, which will provide useful information to mushroom growers and also help them for controlling of the insect pests and nematodes.
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