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“LIGHT TRAP SAFER TO BENEFICIAL INSECTS” (The patent application No. 1822/DEL/2010). NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE for INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT NEW DELHI. Dr Surinder K. Singh (Pr Scientist). “LIGHT TRAP SAFER TO BENEFICIAL INSECTS” “ लाइट ट्रैप - लाभप्रद कीड़ों के प्रति सुरक्षित ”.
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“LIGHT TRAP SAFER TO BENEFICIAL INSECTS” (The patent application No. 1822/DEL/2010) NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE for INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT NEW DELHI
Dr Surinder K. Singh (Pr Scientist) “LIGHT TRAP SAFER TO BENEFICIAL INSECTS” “लाइट ट्रैप - लाभप्रद कीड़ों के प्रति सुरक्षित”
Specifications of light trap • Light source • Funnel • Baffle • Insect Collection Chamber/ Filter
Crops Cereals: Paddy, maize Pulses: Pigeonpea, chickpea Oilseeds: Groundnut, soybean, castor Cash crops: Sugarcane, tobacco Hort: Vegetables, fruits, spice crops, medicinal crops
Demonstration of improved insect light trap in KVK, Sakoli, Maharashtra near the Paddy fields (July, 2011)
Features • Safe, effective, economical • Plastic body • Silent operation • Easy installation (with stand or on tree). • Hang in centre of crop field - @ 1/ha. • Switch on after sunset for 2 -3 h • Check and remove trapped insects from insect collection chamber
Advantages • Monitoring or mass-trapping of insects • Traps both sexes of insects • Safer to beneficial insects • Dependence on chemical pesticides can be minimized. • Natural balance can be restored, eco-system will be least disrupted. • Pressure on other natural enemies due to chemical pesticides shall decrease.
Advantages.. • Key insect-pests of field / vegetable crops /fruit/ forest/ organic cultivation can be mass-trapped. • Portable, durable, economical. • During rains, most of the insecticides are washed away, light trap continues catching insect pests. • Individual or a group of farmers can use this trap.