The developed dispenser has an edge over the existing dispensers as they aid in scaling down the cost due to the extended field efficacy of the lure and the lower pheromone load.

A novel dispenser with a controlled release rate of pheromone for trapping insect pests was developed by scientists from ICAR–National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru (an autonomous institution under the Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India). The developed product has an edge over the existing dispensers as they aid in scaling down the cost due to the extended field efficacy of the lure and the lower pheromone load.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between ICAR-NBAIR and JNCASR with Krishi Vikas Sahakari Samiti Ltd. (KVSSL), Haryana, to transfer the technology.

The event was facilitated by Dr S.N. Sushil, Director, ICAR-NBAIR, and Dr G.U. Kulkarni, President, JNCASR and other officials from ICAR-NBAIR and JNCASR.