HOW EFFECTIVE ARE PREDATORS OF TEA PESTS? - A PERSPECTIVE

B Banerjee

doi:10.20425/ijts.v3i1and2.4604

HOW EFFECTIVE ARE PREDATORS OF TEA PESTS? - A PERSPECTIVE

B Banerjee National Tea Research Foundation, Tea Board, 14 B.T.M. Sarani, Kolkata – 700001.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20425/ijts.v3i1and2.4604

Keywords: India; predators; pest regulation; pest management; feeding satiation

Abstract

Natural enemies of tea pests have co-evolved with their preys. Most have a fairly low level of satiation and, therefore, may not control the pests in the conventional sense. They do, however, regulate the pest population to prevent large scale outbreaks. In the absence of natural enemies the pests may become endemic.

Published

2004-03-10

Issue

Vol 3 No 01 and 02 (2004): International Journal of Tea Science

Section

Research Article

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