Tips of safety measures
- Avoid indiscriminate use of pesticide.
- Follow the recommended package of practices for pest management.
- Always use the standard/approved pesticides.
- Use the pesticide at critical injury level or economic threshold level.
- Chemical pesticides be applied at vegetative growth stage while microbial and botanical pesticides at fruit bearing stage.
- Avoid pesticide application when crop is ready to harvest.
- Use bio-pesticides and fast dissipating pesticides of less pre-harvest intervals, in case of sudden outbreak of particular pest.
- Prefer eco-friendly chemical pesticides, which are selective and effective at low dosages.
- Adopt the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy.
- Avoid the use of banned pesticides.
- Acquire a habit to follow the instruction given on pesticide container.