*3.2.2 IPM approaches*

The pest management strategies recommended for sorghum might likewise be used for pearl millet. Long-term pearl millet pest control requires the development of high-yielding insect-resistant cultivars and hybrids. Among the possible sources of resistance discovered for numerous pests were MP-16, MP-19, MP-53, MP-67, MH-49, MH-52, MH-9, MH-82, MH-99 and MH-105 [16]. Shoot fly may wreak havoc on lateplanted kharif crops. As a result, sowing should begin soon after the monsoon begins, or no later than 10–15 days after the first monsoon rain. Adult beetles of White grubs were gathered and exterminated immediately after the first shower in the endemic zones after mating on trees such as neem or Acacia.
