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Arthropod Predators And Insect Pest Control
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Insect pests are those insect species that are injurious or a nuisance. They cause injury or damage to crops in the field and grains in storage. Man and his domesticated animals are also attacked by insect pests. Arthropod predators belong to the phylum Arthropoda and are most times beneficial in the control of insect pests. Arthropod predators are members of the phylum Arthropoda which capture and feed on the prey. They are generally larger than their prey and kill or consume many prey during their life time. Examples of arthropod predators include the lady beetles, spiders, praying mantids, damsel bugs, lace wings, syrphid flies etc. They can feed on insect pests like aphids, moths, mites, butterflies, brown plant hoppers etc. These arthropod predators have been very effective in some cases of biological control programes of insect pests. Examples include the use of the cocinellid beetle, Radolia cardinalis (a lady bird beetle) to control the cottony-cushion scale, Icerya purchasi (a scale insect) which was a citrus pest in carlifornia, U.S.A. also wolf spiders have been effectively used to control the rice pest (the brown plant hoppers) in Indonesia.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]One of the many
challenges farmers confront is the effect of insect pest. The presence
of insect pest can be inimical to the outcome of farm produce. One of
the numerous effect of insect pest on crops is the growth limitation it
places on the crops. This situation defeats the farmers organic and
inorganic crop growth methods. Other effects of insects pest include
reduction of in output of farm produce and spoilages experience by
farmers. Arthropods prey on insect pest and act as a ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]One of the many
challenges farmers confront is the effect of insect pest. The presence
of insect pest can be inimical to the outcome of farm produce. One of
the numerous effect of insect pest on crops is the growth limitation it
places on the crops. This situation defeats the farmers organic and
inorganic crop growth methods. Other effects of insects pest include
reduction of in output of farm produce and spoilages experience by
farmers. Arthropods prey on insect pest and act as a ... Continue reading---
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