PEST MANAGEMENT MEASURES IN MUSHROOM CULTIVATION-Dr.Kalonga,AE.

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</script>PEST MANAGEMENT MEASURES IN MUSHROOM CULTIVATION-Dr.Kalonga,AE.

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• Clean and disinfect mushroom houses thoroughly before cultivation.

•  Remove any waste, weed, mushroom debris, and water containers inside or outside mushroom houses that attract flies or on which flies can live.

•  Exclude flies with a mesh with apertures not greater than 0.5-0.6mm on air inlets. Keep doors closed insofar as possible, particularly during spawning and mycelium growth phase.

• Maintaining a low fly population during spawn run is of Major importance as early flies give rise to the initial infestation which culminates in the high populations that appear later in the cropping cycle.

•  Pasteurize substrates thoroughly. This is very important, especially for mite control.
•  Burning mosquito coils is known as a very effective control method of adult flies inside mushroom houses.
  
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