Work Plan 

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• Development of database on pests/natural enemies/weather/crop: Historical & Current

• Documentation of emerging pests: Literature & Surveys, Analyses

• Generation of pest distribution maps: Past & Current

• Controlled experiments to assess direct and host mediated impacts of climatic variables among trophic levels

• Development of e-pest surveillence: Networking of selected plant protection research centres representing diverse agro-ecologies of target crops for multi-season monitoring - development of web enabled software and maintenance

• Analyses of pest weather interactions: Year long data of weather & seasonal data of pests - frequency of occurrence of pests above economic thresholds; intensity of pest outbreaks, climate-insect outbreak relationships, simulation, empirical models and thumb rules

• IT and GIS based mitigation of pests: Integration of pest forecasting maps with management options

• Prediction of future scenarios of pest status for climate change scenarios

• Development of adaptation strategies for pest management under climate change scenarios

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