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Technology package USE OF DIADEGMA AS BIO CONTROL AGENT IN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM) OF CABBAGES
Summary IPM is a sustainable and environmentally friendly pest management technology using cultural practices, quarantine, biological control agents and selective insecticides.
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DIADEGMA Diadegma is a parasitic wasp of the Diamondback Moth (DBM) larvae. It completes its life cycle inside the larva. It cannot survive without DBM and DBM cannot survive without cabbages. Diadegma semiclausum is well established in the Highlands. Rate of parasitism on DBM is very high (60 – 100 %).