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Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Year: 2002 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 203-204
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2002.203.204
Management of Insect Pests of Autumn Potato Crop in Diverse Culture in NWFP (Peshawar)
M. Tahir Jan, M. Naeem, M. Idrees Khan and Rashid Mehmood

Abstract: During the crop season leafhoppers and aphids were found the serious pests of potato crop with seasonal mean of 15.55 per branch and 5.21per sweep, in control plot (monoculture), respectively. The field cricket was also found damaging the tubers but the population was low. Potato crop was mix grown with berseem (PBM) and radish (PRM) as control strategy. Over 70% reduction in leafhopper population occurred due to inter-cropping tactics as compared to control. However among the inter-cropping system, PBM combination was found better than PRM.

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M. Tahir Jan, M. Naeem, M. Idrees Khan and Rashid Mehmood, 2002. Management of Insect Pests of Autumn Potato Crop in Diverse Culture in NWFP (Peshawar). Asian Journal of Plant Sciences, 1: 203-204.

Keywords: management, insect pests, inter-cropping system and potato

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