1. State Key Laboratory for Biological Control, Sun Yat-set University, Guangzhou 510275, China; 2. College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
The ecological control on tea pests in China was reviewed in this paper. Ecological control is a new strategy of pest management in tea production. Its characters, principles and methods were discussed. It is posed that ecological control on tea pest should gain an insight into the ecosystem of tea garden, then take some effectual measures against the population of pests, keep the ecosystem of tea garden in efficient, low consume and sustainable development condition. Some elements such as surroundings, tea plants, natural enemies and cultural measures in tea garden were also analyzed in details. Although, ecological control on tea pests has made some progress, this strategy still needs to be ameliorated constantly for further improvement.
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