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Cultural Control of tobacco caterpillar

• Deep summer ploughing.
• Early sowing to escape insect pest damage.
• Irrigate once to avoid prolonged mid season drought
• Planting castor or sunflower plants as trap crop for egg laying and destroying eggs or 1st stage larvae help in reducing the incidence.
• The sunflower act as bird perches as well.