Borers in Horticultural Crops

Deliverables..

 

• National level geo-maps with borer distribution and potential spread of borers.

• Traps/ mating disruptors/ flight disorientation through new synthetic commercial formulations and combo traps involving semiochemicals and entomopathogens.

• Weather-phenology-trophic matrix models for prediction of borers.

• Improved asphyxiating non-pesticidal sealer formulations with crop specific rejuvenating healers.

• Taxonomic keys and bar codes for major borers

• User friendly field keys with symptomatology for early diagnosis and intervention at block and district levels.

• Alerts/ eradication systems for trans-boundary borers

• A web portal and farmer friendly publications on borer management