Plant extracts in tea pest management

What is it about?

Plant extracts under biopesticides are being considered as environmentally safe, selective, biodegradable, economical and renewable alternatives for use in IPM programmes. Biopesticides are natural plant products and may be grown by the planters with minimum cost and extracted by indigenous methods. The present note reviews the information of most widely available indigenous plants that may be used for the control of insect pests of tea as a component of IPM.

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Why is it important?

Plant extracts are easily available in the tea gardens. It is eco-friendly, safe to human and other natural beings. It reduces the uses of synthetic pesticides and undesirable residues in the finished products of tea.