A Review on Role of Insects in Agroforestry

Abstract

Insects are considered to be one of the most diverse and prominent creatures existing in this mother earth. They are the interesting creatures which existed about 350-500 million years ago in the Devonian era. They have withstood almost every of the natural calamities and successfully survived in it by their natural wide adaptations. They are one of the most valuable features in an agroecological system. In a general preference to enhance the production and productivity of an agroforestry system, man have always introduced plant species as well as the insects. Previously very little preference was given to such studies but now it is a under the broad umbrella of biological control. In agroforestry systems, different insect life phases are linked to different stages. Due to other concerns, the insect-pest component received less attention in previous agroforestry studies. The rise of significant insect issues in promising agroforestry systems, along with other related hazards, is now more widely recognized and understood. It has become common practice to incorporate trees and other plants from various places into agroforestry systems in order to increase productivity and provide a variety of applications. The growth and diversity of beneficial insects, such as pollinators, predators, and soil arthropods, which occasionally may lessen pest loads, is another possible outcome in the context of agroforestry systems.