Cultural management
- Establishment
of scare crows in the field so as to distract the birds
- Bursting of
crackers and carbide guns, tying polythene bags
- Use of bird
scaring tape (reflective ribbon or bird scaring ribbon)
- Using
bio-acoustic method like pre-recorded distress calls to distract the birds
- Destruction
of bird nest in and around the field
- Deploy two laborers
per hectare to scare away the birds
- Pruning of
perching and breeding places
- Spraying of
neem kernel powder solution at 10 g/litre of water after seed shedding
repels the birds
- Use of bird
proof nets