Search

In the last fifteen years, crop protection in Jordan, mainly focused on the curative control of pests, diseases and weeds particularly after the expansion in the protected agriculture. Although pesticides application has a significant role in increasing agricultural production, the extensive use of pesticides in agriculture created many problems such as negative effects on food-safety, public health, serious environmental hazards, and development of resistance in pest populations. This situation resulted in an increasing the awareness that new approaches in crop protection techniques are needed to achieve sustainable agricultural development. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was the solution to overcome the negative effects of pestcide and sustain the future of agriculture. The IPM concept arose as a strategy to promote new approaches including, agricultural practices, quarantine, biological control of pests, crop resistant, the appropriate use of pesticides, use of organic compounds and other control means. In Jordan, based on the scientific research in the modern approaches that have been studied, the use of integrated pest management to control agricultural pests is commonly used by farmers. The aim of this paper is to review the progress in plant protection since the establishment of Trans Jordan up to the first centenary of the Jordan state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]