AGRO ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS AND ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING BASED PLANT HEALTH MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum) CULTIVATION

E. SREE LATHA¹*, S. JESU RAJAN², K. SWATHI YADAV³, R. SATHISH^4
1National Institute of Plant Health Management, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030
²National Institute of Plant Health Management, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030
³National Institute of Plant Health Management, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030
⁴National Institute of Plant Health Management, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030
* Corresponding Author : sreelatha437@gmail.com

Received : 09-03-2018     Accepted : 13-03-2018     Published : 15-03-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 5       Pages : 5379 - 5382
Int J Agr Sci 10.5 (2018):5379-5382

Keywords : Tomato, Organic agriculture, Natural enemies, Ecological engineering, Agro ecosystem analysis, whiteflies
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to National Institute of Plant Health Management, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030
Author Contribution : Author thankful to National Institute of Plant Health Management, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is one of the most important culinary vegetable throughout the world. It is consumed in diverse ways such as raw fruits for salads, side dishes, processed foods like ketchups, soups set. Tomato crop was maintained in Ecological Engineering field at NIPHM, for the purpose of demonstration and training of organic agriculture. Agro Ecosystem Analysis on biological factors with respect to pests and beneficial insects, to understand the intricate interactions in the ecosystem, revealed that the ecosystem has created favourable conditions for natural enemies and pollinators. Natural enemies were controlling tomato pests in the absence of external forces like chemical pesticides. The pest and natural enemy interactions are discussed based on the results.

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