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Dr. S. Mohan
Rtd. Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
TNAU Pitfall Trap
Pitfall traps are used for capturing insects active on grain surface and in other layers of grain. (Monitoring and mass trapping tool).
Standard Model : Standard model of pitfall trap has 2 parts, perforated lid (2 mm (or) 3 mm) and a cone shaped bottom portion.
Application of special coating with sticky material on the inner side of cone to hold trapped insects is necessary.
This procedure is tedious.
TNAU Model : TNAU model has perforated lid, cone shaped bottom which tapers into a funnel shaped trapping tube.
Hence sticky coating is dispensed with Commercial model is in plastic, simple and economical.
Easy to handle.
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