Evaluation of new insecticides against maize stem borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) Dhaliwal Ashwinder K.1, Brar D.S.1, Jindal Jawala2 1Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 2Maize Entomology Laboratory Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 Corresponding author Email: batthscorpion@pau.edu
Online published on 23 October, 2018. Abstract New molecules were evaluated against maize stem borer, Chilo partellus in kharif maize under artificial infestation conditions during 2013 and 2014. The foliar application of deltamethrin 2.8 EC @ 200 ml/ha used as standard check was found to be the most effective. However, soil application of chlorantraniliprole 0.4 GR @ 8, 10 and 12 kg/ha and foliar application of Dipel @ 750 ml/ha being at par with each other were found to be moderately effective. The seed treatment of imidacloprid 600 FS was found to be the least effective. Top Keywords Maize, Chilo partellus, artificial infestation, Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki, deltamethrin, chloantraniliprole, imidacloprid. Top |