Crop Protection involves the activities of two units, namely
the Pest Management unit and the Disease Management unit.
The Institute strongly supports an integrated program to
control pests (IPM) on tropical and subtropical crops. The emphasis is on
biological control and a reduction in the use of toxic pesticides, to promote a
more sustainable, environment friendly approach of pest management.
During recent years, unprecedented successes were achieved with the integrated and biological control of mango scale, citrus red scale, spiny blackfly on citrus, banana weevil and nematodes on bananas, white coffee stemborer, false codling moth on avocado (Photo 1) and nut borers on macadamia (Photo 2 – 6).
For further information on research projects currently undertaken by the Pest Management unit. E-mail: infoitsc@arc.agric.za
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| Photo 1: False codling moth damage on avocado | Photo 2: False codling moth larva | Photo 3: Fruit fly larvae in Mango | Photo 4: Litchi moth damage on Litchi | Photo 5: Mango weevil larvae | Photo 6: Gall fly damage on Mango leaves |
