Control measures

Millipedes seldom need to be controlled and there is no specifically authorised chemical product for the control of myriapods in potato crops, but most of the broad-spectrum soil insecticides (such as organophosphates and synthetic pyrethrinoids) are effective against a large number of these arthropods. 

Cultivation methods such as soil preparation also reduce the populations of most of the myriapods, especially in favourable environments such as grass and fallow land.