Examples of cultural control
CULTURAL CONTROL includes the use of agronomic practices to exclude pest attacks.
(Kuniata 1994)
- Breeding of tolerant varieties have been intensified
- Change planting time to coincide with the lowest population borers is an strategy to obtain better crop stand
- Managing harvest by early harvest of damaged fields reduces loss and pest spread
- Roguing of infected plants may help to prevent expansion of affected area
- While pre-harvest burning may kill 98% of larvae present in the field, it negatively affects the natural enemies' populations and may cause future imbalances.
- Green Cane Harvest is a better option for conserving bioagents; which in addition to weed control, reduced borers incidence by 15% compared to normal harvest fields.
(Kuniata 1994)