Abstract
Cabbage is considered as one of the most commonly found vegetables and it has been cultivated in large areas throughout the year. As it is mostly grown in large areas, higher rate of pest infestation likely to occur, which hinder its total production and consumption. However, continuous use of synthetic pesticides in agricultural pest management often leads to various negative impacts such as development of resistance by the pest, adverse effect on non-target organisms and hazardous effect on environment. These drawbacks led to an alternative approaches for control of crucifer pests that are cost effective, biodegradable, low toxic effect on non-target organisms and eco-friendly. This review brings together all the information of different biological practices for management of crucifer pests and list of botanical insecticides and entomopathogenic organisms that are being reported. This will help in establishing the knowledge of limited studies on pest management using different biological control methods to more challenging research and conveys the importance of pest management system for taking research forward.
Highlights
Cabbage is considered as one of the most commonly found vegetables and it has been cultivated in large areas throughout the year
Prolonged and excessive use of synthetic pesticides has led to several side-effects like development of resistance by the pest, adverse effect on non-target organisms and hazardous effects on environment
India is among the leading country that gains insight in developing natural botanical insecticides as most of the people still focused on indigenous traditional knowledge for controlling insect pest in the field[42]
Summary
Cabbage is considered as one of the most commonly found vegetables and it has been cultivated in large areas throughout the year. Continuous use of synthetic pesticides in agricultural pest management often leads to various negative impacts such as development of resistance by the pest, adverse effect on non-target organisms and hazardous effect on environment. This review brings together all the information of different biological practices for management of crucifer pests and list of botanical insecticides and entomopathogenic organisms that are being reported. Prolonged and excessive use of synthetic pesticides has led to several side-effects like development of resistance by the pest, adverse effect on non-target organisms and hazardous effects on environment. All these problems bring the sustainability of ecosystem to d anger[7]. This paper reviews the management of crucifer pests using current pest management strategies such as biological control practices, botanical insecticides and entomopathogenic microorganisms
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