Integrated Pest Management in Early Cauliflower Singh H.M., Ali S., Chakraborti D.K.*, Singh Vinod K., Rajput S.K.S., Srivastava D.K.* Department of Entomology, N.D. University of Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad 224 229, India. * Department of Plant Pathology, N.D. University of Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad 224 229, India. Abstract Twenty three integrated pest management demonstrations (12 during kharif, 1999 & 11 during Kharif, 2000) were conducted in Bahraich, Varanasi and Jaunpur districts. Damping off in nursery and tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura in main fields were major pests. Nursery soil was amended with neem cake @ 1.0 kg/m2, solarised by covering with white polythene 2 week before sowing, Trichderma harzianum was mixed @ 200 g/m2 and seed were treated with same fungal bio-agent @ 4 g/kg before sowing. Funnel trap baited with pheromone for S. litura @ 12/ha, collection and destruction of egg masses and gregariously feeding early instar larvae and 2–3 need based applications of SNPV were used for the management of S. litura. A spraying of chlorpyriphos 20 E C 0.03% was also given for the management of other defoliators. Maximum mean number of male moths of S. litura trapped were 100 and 80/trap in second and fourth week of October during 1999 and 2000, respectively. The cost benefit ratio in IPM trails was found to be 1: 5.32. Top Key words Cauliflower, IPM, Spodoptera litura. Top |