• R.JEYA

Integrated pest management is an eco friendly approach which aims at keeping pest population at below economic threshold level by employing cultural, mechanical, biological and chemical control methods. The study was conducted in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. An ex-post facto research design was followed. 120 sugarcane growers were identified as sample size using proportionate random sampling procedure from the selected villages. Data were collected with the help of well-structured and pre-tested interview schedule. The collected data were analyzed using cumulative frequency distribution and percentage analysis. The results revealed that majority (47.30 %) of the sugarcane growers had low level of adoption of IPM practices. The constraints such as non-availability of bio-control agents (100 %), lack of training on IPM practices (92.56%), high cost of labour (90.83%) and pesticides (85.83%), lack of knowledge on bio-control agents (96.67%), cultural (78.33%) and mechanical methods (77.50%), lack of credit facilities (71.67%) and difficulties in identifying pests (54.17%) were reported by majority of the sugarcane growers.

Eco friendly integrated pest management, sustainable sugarcane cultivation, sugarcane growers, etc.

"ADOPTION OF ECO-FRIENDLY INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE SUGARCANE CULTIVATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.785-789, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBP06136.pdf

"ADOPTION OF ECO-FRIENDLY INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE SUGARCANE CULTIVATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp785-789, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBP06136.pdf