Adoption of IPM technology in Tomato at Village level

The IPM technology comprising of raising healthy nursery using Trichoderma harzianum with FYM (@ 10 g/100 g FYM/m²), covering nursery bed with nylon net for preventing whitefly and sowing of leaf curl resistant varieties, adopting wider spacing of 90 x 60 cm, transplanting 1 row marigold as trap crop/14 row of tomato, two sprays of azadirachtin 15% (Achook @ 4.0 ml/litre) against aphids in early stages, installation of pheromone traps @ 5/ha for monitoring fruit borer adult moths, releasing Trichogramma chilonis @ 1.0 lakh/ha 4–5 times, spraying of Ha NPV @ 250 LE/ha 2–5 times in the evening with 2% jaggery against young larvae of fruit borer, collection and destruction of damaged fruits and leaf curl affected plants and need based application of emamection benzoate 5 WDG @ 0.25 g/litre of water for borer and mancozeb for early blight was very effective in reducing the incidence of pests and minimizing the yield losses.