Recent Innovations and Approaches for Insect Pest Management in Agriculture

Abstract

The term insect pest management changes with the advent of new technologies like use of drones in agriculture, artificial intelligence, global positioning system, nanotechnology etc. Since from the era of integrated pest management pest scouting and monitoring is the basic and critical step for developing strategy for sustainable management of insect pest. Application of robotics or unmanned aerial vehicle combined with information communication tools helped in monitoring the insect pest precisely by deploying the drones even in inaccessible terrains. Thus the drones acted as smart pest scouts and also an efficient tool for safe delivery of pesticide/ biopesticide. It helps in spot application wherein insect pest infestation initiated thereby reducing the insecticidal or biopesticide consumption. Similarly, the nanotechnology also enhanced the durability, efficacy and photo-stability of biopesticides, insecticides and pheromones.