Use of reflector ribbon as a pest birds repellant in wheat and maize crop. | [Journal of Agriculture and Social Sciences • 2008]

Author(s):

1. Shahid Hafeez: Department of Forestry, Range Management and Wildlife, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

2. Tanveer Hussain Khan: Pir Mehr Ali Shah University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

3. Taj Naseeb Khan: Rangeland Research Program, National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, Pakistan

4. Maqbool Shahbaz: Rangeland Research Program, National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, Pakistan

5. Maqsood Ahmed: Rangeland Research Program, National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract:

Pesticide application on edible plants is disastrous when the user is illiterate and the consumer is ignorant. This situation prevails where mono cropping is practiced. If informed human being can tackle such problem to some extent but it is beyond the tolerance of wildlife. The purpose of present study was to curtail the use of chemical pesticides in the agrowildlife ecosystem by evolving and introduce estimating the effectiveness of reflector ribbon in repelling the pest birds was made during the two months (November-December). The mechanical device was tested against house crow and parakeet, which damages wheat and maize crops heavily in their early stages of growth in the area of Faisalabad. The results showed that reflector ribbon was the best bird pest repellent device. There was a decrease of 98% in the population of crow attending the wheat crop and a decrease of 88% in the parakeet population attending the maize crop.

Page(s): 92-94

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Published: Journal: Journal of Agriculture and Social Sciences, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Year: 2008

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