Workshop held to address pest problems

Jorhat (Assam), Oct 25 (ANI): A day-long workshop on ‘Emerging Pest Problem in Assam – Preparedness to Mitigation’ was organised by the Department of Entomology of Assam Agricultural University in Jorhat yesterday. The workshop aims to understand the natural phenomenon, scientific theories and principles on why such outbreaks occur and also to design strategies to mitigate such situations in the future. Different areas were discussed in day-long workshop, including pest ecology, pest biology, pesticide load, changing cropping pattern, climate change, biotechnological interventions in pest management, integrated pest management, agricultural extension and transfer of technologies.

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