Abstract
Biological control through habitat management leads to sustainable insect pest control. Different types of land composition such as multiple landscapes, patchiness of landscapes enhance the natural enemies which ultimately lead to control of insect pest. Plant characteristics such as flower shape, flower color and blooming period ensures excess food for natural enemies like nectar and pollen. Moreover, some agricultural practices such as tillage, crop rotation, and intercropping influence the natural enemies especially parasitoid and preda-tors. Consequently, they increase longevity and fecundity of parasitoid and predator that help to control insect pest. One of the most important recently used methods is push-pull which consists of semiochemicals called Herbi-vore-Induced Plant Volatiles (HIPVs). This compound has been used to pre-vent pest and attract natural enemies.
Highlights
IntroductionEnhancement of natural enemies (parasitoid, predator and weed feeder) through habitat management is concerning issue of the scientist for the control of insect pest
Enhancement of natural enemies through habitat management is concerning issue of the scientist for the control of insect pest
Biological control through habitat management leads to sustainable insect pest control
Summary
Enhancement of natural enemies (parasitoid, predator and weed feeder) through habitat management is concerning issue of the scientist for the control of insect pest. Types of biological methods are effective for controlling of insect pests; such as conservation (Habitat management), classical and augmentation [6]. Habitat management is a form of conservation biological control which has contribution to introduce of natural enemies to environment for increasing their fecundity, longevity, survival as well as behavioural. This strategy comprises diverting the cropping system to augment or influence the effectiveness of a natural enemy. A long history of successes was observed in classical and augmental biological control of insect pests and weeds Among these methods, habitat management is the most effective for controlling insect pest in agricultural systems. The research question of my essay is how habitat management to enhance natural enemies and the effects of habitat management to suppress harmful insect pest in agricultural crops
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