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Solutions for

Borer Management

BORERS

Insect borers are emerging as major pests in horticulture especially perennial crops. They cause significant yield losses ranging from 30-50% and often in case of trees, result in complete death (5 - 10% per year), which translates into lakhs of rupees based on the economic importance of the trees, across the country. As borers are cryptic in their larval stages, initial damage goes unnoticed. Control interventions are still not effective. Farmers resort to large scale and frequent insecticidal sprays resulting in undesired effects like build-up of resistance, resurgence of secondary pests and residues on finished products and gross environmental pollution. Infested trees, even if mechanically disinfested, fail to recover on account of bark / tissue / wood injury and secondary pathogens. Thus borer management is a major challenge and is a critical need of the hour.

About Consortium Research platform

Recognising the gravity of borer problem, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has sanctioned an exclusive Consortium Research Platform on Borers in Network mode with a total financial outlay of Rs. 23.75 crores in the twelfth plan period to address basic as well as applied aspects by involving different institutes and universities across the country and evolve safe and sustainable management strategies.

Latest News 

August 18, 2014

Launch of Web site on Borers during the inauguration of  CRP on Borers at IIHR,

Bangalore on 18th Aug 2014

August 18, 2014 

Chief guest, Dr. N. K. Krishna Kumar, DDG(Hort. Sci.), ICAR, New Delhi addressing during the launch of CRP on Borers

 

August 18, 2014

 

Release of publication, Borer pests: Status  and Challenges

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