IntroductionVegetable farmers, particularly smallholders, confront a number of constraints in the vegetable production. The production risks are high primarily because of considerable production losses caused by pests. These are estimated to be about 30% of the total vegetable output.  The farmers end up giving 15-30 sprays with pest control below their satisfaction level.Interventions are required to help the farmers to control the insects and diseases without contaminating the food and environment.ExperimentalBiopesticide based formulations such as  Trichoderma viride and Pseudomonas fluorescens for  seed and seedling treatment, use of pheromone traps, neem,  NPV's and T. viride spray, coupled with agronomic practices such as yellow sticky traps, mulching, roughing, field scouting , shoot clipping, and need based pesticide application were used to control insects and diseases of cabbage and cauliflower under demonstrations carried out in U.P. state of India  under USAID IPMCRSP program.Results and DiscussionThese interventions have resulted in good quality of vegetables, lower cost of production, more profits than conventional pest management, 2 to 3 times more price for IPM produce, better taste, and  50-60 %reduction in pesticide use.:

Biopesticide formulation based control of insects and diseases of cabbage and cauliflower

248th National Meeting (2014)

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