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BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS TO IMPROVE PEST CONTROL IN ...

India is especially suitable for agricultural products  its vast plains containing alluvial
soil with rich natural contents. The major economy of India is based on agricultural products.
The green revolution in India brought high hopes for Indian farmers. Several new scientific
information helped crop production to grow by leaps and bounds: the more researches  the more
intricacies. Further knowledge of pests makes scientists consider several new solutions. The
use of chemicals was immediately adopted to decimate the population of pests and  at first 
good results were obtained. But later on  harmful effects of the pesticides became known. It
was realized later on that the regular use of chemicals in pesticides is extremely dangerous
for human health. Generally  chemical pesticides are used to curb the harmful effects of
insects and pests. But the immediate gain of this process has an adverse effect on the
environment in the long run. Regular use of chemicals leads to insecticide resistance. Then 
biodiversity is distributed by pest resurgence and pesticide residues. So  the immediate gain
of one generation creates serious problems for the next generation. To sustain agriculture
towards its natural mode some new solutions are to be traced. The solution to reduce pesticides
is present in the preference for biological management. Predators and parasitoids may be used
as natural enemies. In order to gain control over the thrips pests by less harmful means for
the agricultural crops  more research work needs to be done. Certain other methods have to be
explored in favour of the environment  biodiversity and other useful flora and fauna. We need
to maintain the tritrophic interactions in which eating relationships between several species
may be traced for biological control.

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