摘要：

The Indigenous knowledge (IK) and Bio control exist in a synergy in the strategic repertory of sustainable agriculture. The IK is the systematic body of knowledge acquired by local people through the accumulation of experiences, informal experiments, and intimate understanding of the environment in a given culture. These cultural practices have sustained the farmers from the ancient times, which are often validated as modern conceptual shifts in the agricultural science. The age old farmers' practice of planting number of different crop combinations is currently recognized as crop diversification- successful in averting diseases, and surviving during drought periods besides other advantages. Increasing use of fungi as mycoinsecticides and biocontrol agents for managing insect pests and plant diseases has opened a vast field of knowledge for studying this huge unexploited fungal resource. Many naturally occurring microorganisms have been used to control diseases. Besides fungi, induced resistance has emerged as a new strategy for managing plant diseases using Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR), leaf proteins, botanicals, animal products, organic manures and other IK materials such as ash, butter and milk. The present paper has extensively reviewed the researches made on documentation and validation of indigenous knowledge worldwide during the last decade with some convincing success stories. Attempts have also been made to reckon the logistics of new research initiatives in the wake of plateaus in agricultural production and spot marching researches on underlying mechanisms of IK and bio-control. The new insights being generated as plant neurobiology, plant intelligence,consciousness and genopsych have been amalgamated to underline the knock of a yet another paradigm shift in offing- the shift from integration to convergence, where simultaneous to intra- and inter-disciplinary research, trans-disciplinary research at the interface of advents in nano-technology and emergent situations of system biology, is poised to trigger a fresh sigmoid growth in research outcome pushing IDM at the threshold of converging technologies for sustainable agricultural production.

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