7. Cultural, 8.Pysical & 9. Mecanical Control
7. CULTURAL METHODS OF CONTROL Definition : Manipulation of cultural practices to the disadvantage of pests. I. Farm level practices Sl.no. Cropping techniques Pest checked Summer Ploughing Red hairy caterpillar 2. Allowing ducks into the field Swarming caterpillar 3. Puddling Rice mealy bug 4. Trimming and plastering Rice grass hopper 5. Pest free seed material Potato tuber moth, Banana rhizome weevil, Sweet potato weevil. 6. High seed rate Sorghum shootfly 7. Plant density Rice brown planthopper 8. Earthing up Sugarcane early shoot borer, cotton stem weevil. 9.