Advantages and disadvantages of Mechanical control method of insects
Advantage
- It utilizes the home labor and low-cost equipment
- It is most feasible method in certain places, e.g. kitchen garden
- It does not pose danger and residue problem and other adverse side effects
- It gives immediate results
Disadvantage
- It is more laborious and time consuming
- It is impractical in commercial scale
- It is quite old and out of fashion
- It requires repeated uses; small pests cannot be seen and pests inside the plants cannot be controlled.