Integrated and Ecologically Based Pest Management in Grape Ecosystem

Agricultural production is not natural and viticulture is no exception. These production systems are constantly challenged by biotic and abiotic stresses, and insect pests are one of them. Grape being a perennial fruit crop is a host for more than 100 insect pests. A total of 24 species of insect pests from seven orders and two species of mite pests were recovered as a result of long-term studies in the grape orchards of Vijayapura district of Karnataka state, India. Six species of the order Coleoptera, six species of the order Lepidoptera, four species of the order Hemiptera, three species of the order Hymenoptera, three species of the order Thysanoptera, one species each from orders Isoptera and Diptera, and two species from Acari were recorded. Among these, eight species were abundant, and out of the twenty-six pest species, eight were found to be major pests, three were found to be minor, and fifteen species were found to be negligible pests. This chapter elaborates the IPM of major insect pests apart from reviewing the ecologically based pest management in vine orchards.