Farmers’ attitudes towards group approach on management of white grub (Lepidiota mansueta)

White grub species Lepidiota mansueta having a biennial life cycle with non-feeding adults is recently occurred as a severe pest of Majuli, the largest river island in the world Biology of the beetle made it difficult for farmers to manage the pest conventionally. As emergency management of the beetle, scientists of „All India National Project (AINP) on white grubs and other soil arthropods‟ under Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat adopted a farmers‟ group approach considering the large-scale emergence of non-feeder adult beetles for the breeding purpose for a short period. The project formed farmers‟ group in their project area.