Comparative Influence of Green Manure (Trifolium Alexandrinum L.) and Conventional IPM on Population of Sucking Insect Pests of Cotton

C is one of the most sensitive crop to pest attack, in Pakistan and farmers mostly rely heavily on pesticides for the control of insect pests in cotton crop (Poswal and Williamson, 1998). Hence, cotton is a chemically intensive crop among all field crops as it uses about 25% of all insecticides consumed in agriculture (ICAC, 1998). Despite the continued improvement in the performance of chemical control strategies, harvest losses remain very high in cotton (Deguine et al., 2009). The chemicals used in non-organic cotton production pollute air, surface waters and cause health hazards to people. It has been reported that more than seventy workers die every day due to the pesticide poisoning mostly during insecticides application (Tahir and Anwar, 2012; Khan et al., 2002; WHO, 2014).