About Lesson
Advantages and disadvantages of physical method of insect control
Advantage
- Readily available and adopted by the farmers
- Do not require any extra investment
- No need for experience of supervisors/ exports
- No problem with resistance
- Safe to man, environment, and natural enemies
- More attractive in the context of sustainable agriculture
Disadvantage
- It should be required for the life cycle and biology of insect
- Should be applied well in advance
- Always does not result in economic return
- Specific to particular pest only
- Sometimes the cooperation of farmers in large areas is effective.
