Abstract：
Insect pest infestations and damage can limit the production of vegetables in the farming systems in Nigeria. This review looks at integrated insect pest management as a possible panacea for resolving insect pest issues in vegetable crops. The main vegetable crops which include okra, tomatoes, chilli peppers, cucumbers, green amaranth, carrots and onions are highlighted. The major insect pests of the various vegetables which include foliage beetles, caterpillars, aphids, fruit flies, stink bugs, and grasshoppers are also mentioned. The various control measures that have been empirically verified for the mitigation of the impact of these insect pests, including the application of synthetic insecticides, modification of agronomic practices, use of resistant varieties, application of botanicals, biological and mechanical controls, are discussed. Studies which have been carried out attempting to integrate two or more of the control strategies for better insect pest control are also reviewed. Strategies that can be put in place for the integrated pest management of vegetable insect pests in Nigeria are considered. Among the IPM (Integrated Pest Management) practices instituted for the mitigation of pest infestations on vegetable crops in Nigeria, intercropping of suitable vegetables in combination with the application of aqueous extracts of Azadirachta indica and Piper guineense seeds under good farm hygiene and sanitation proved to be most successful.
摘要：
昆虫害虫的侵扰和破坏会限制尼日利亚农业系统中蔬菜的生产。这篇综述将综合虫害管理视为解决蔬菜作物虫害问题的可能灵丹妙药。主要蔬菜作物包括秋葵,西红柿,辣椒,黄瓜,绿色的a菜，胡萝卜和洋葱突出显示。各种蔬菜的主要害虫，包括叶子甲虫，毛毛虫,蚜虫,果蝇,臭虫,还提到了蝗虫。为减轻这些虫害的影响而进行了经验验证的各种控制措施，包括合成杀虫剂的应用，农艺实践的修改，使用抗性品种，植物药的应用，生物和机械控制，正在讨论。还回顾了试图整合两种或多种控制策略以更好地控制虫害的研究。考虑了可以在尼日利亚对蔬菜害虫进行综合虫害管理的策略。在为减轻尼日利亚蔬菜作物虫害而制定的IPM（综合虫害管理）实践中，在良好的农场卫生和卫生条件下，将合适的蔬菜间作，并结合施用Azadirachtaindica和Piperguineense种子的水提取物被证明是最成功的。
