Abstract
Cultural practices are among the oldest techniques used for pest control. Generally, cultural control is the manipulation of abiotic and biotic components of the agroecosystem that makes the cropping system less suitable to the establishment and increase of pest populations. The management of abiotic conditions includes the site, planting and harvest time selection, soil practices (tillage, irrigation, and fertilization), and the use of mulches, row covers, etc. The manipulation of biotic environment embraces various aspects of crop rotation, intercropping, trap crops, companion planting, and the use of semiochemicals, including antifeedants, alone or as the elements of push-pull strategies. Considering the fact that the protected crop is a part of the network of environmental interactions, the simultaneous application of various cultural management techniques in correspondence with other supplementary methods (biological, chemical, physical) should finally contribute to the increase in biodiversity, which is crucial for the integrity, stability, and sustainability of the agroecosystems.
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