Interaction

The IPM approach encompasses all available control techniques to contain and combat pest infestation with the aim of lessening the pesticides load in the environment. It is simply not the juxtaposition of superimposition of two or more control techniques, but the integration of all suitable management techniques in a harmonious manner with natural regulating and limiting elements of the environment. Present study was conducted in Kanpur Dehat district of U.P. Selecting two development blocks of the district randomly, 100 farmers each from these two blocks were chosen randomly to make the sample size of 200. Study reveals that only 22.5 per cent farmers had adopted the practice of Deep Summer Laughing ” as a measure of IPM and highest adoption was seen in case of “Removal of Previous Crop Residues ”. In case of mechanical methods of IPM practices, cent per cent farmers had adopted “Light/Pheromone Traps ”. Similarly, out of four recommended practices in biological methods, full adoption was seen in case of “Bio-agents like Nuclear Polyhydrosis Virus (N.P.V.) and “Bio-Pesticides."