Insect Light Trap
Insect light trap is one of the very effective tools of insect pest management in organic agriculture as it mass- traps both the sexes of insect pests and also substantially reduces the carryover pest population. Important pests
₹1232 ₹1532
- insect they control around 300-400 insect progenies through them.
Insect light trap is one of the very effective tools of insect pest management in organic agriculture as it mass-
traps both the sexes of insect pests and also substantially reduces the carryover pest population.
Important pestsThe key insect pests of cereal crops (rice, maize, sorghum), pulse crops (chickpea, pigeonpea, lentil,
greengram), vegetable crops (okra, cauliflower, cabbage, tomato, brinjal), horticultural crops (mango, litchi,
pomegranate, apple guava, coconut, banana) can be mass trapped by using the light trap.
Farmers must know that by attracting and killing one adult moth or insect they control around 300-400 insect
progenies through them.By monitoring the light traps they will know better what types of insect are there in the field and whether they
are in controllable level or not.- About Product: Once the insect population in the light traps crosses a certain limit the farmer can decide on the type of pest management they have to take up. By keeping a light trap, one for every half an acre right from the beginning of planting the farmer can control almost all the insect pests that are trying to attack the crop. The light trap has undergone lots of changes from its simple beginning as a kerosene lamp kept in front of a cloth sheet or water container to electrically operated ones to ba
