Validation of ipm technology against pests of tomato in subtropical zone of Arunachal Pradesh Kumawat M. M.*, Singh K. M.1, Patidar R. K., Shakywar R.C., Pandey A.K. Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Forestry Central Agricultural University, Pasighat, 791102, Arunachal Pradesh 1Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur *Corresponding author Email: kumawatmm@gmail.com
Online published on 23 October, 2018. Abstract Field experiments were carried out in tomato at three locations at farmer's fields of Jampani village, East Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh during 2011 and 2012 with variety ‘Pusa Ruby’ to find out the impact of IPM as compared to farmer's practices. IPM module comprised of the ecofriendly management practices such as use of Trichoderma viride, trap crop with marigold, six releases of Trichogramma chilonis, one spray of HaNPV and SlNPV each, two sprays of neem oil and installation of pheromone traps of Spodoptera litura. In farmer's practices, blitox 50 WP was applied in nursery as soil drenching for control of damping off and bacterial wilt followed by three round sprays of profenophos 50 EC and 2 round sprays of imidacloprid 17.8 SL in main fields. The experiment for validation of IPM technology was evaluated in farmer's participatory mode during late rainy season of 2011 and 2012 with the objective to provide alternatives to synthetic hazardous pesticides. Implementations of IPM programme in tomato crop led to reduction of pesticide consumption and their replacement with ecofriendly approaches. Top Keywords Tomato, IPM, pests, trap crop, Trichoderma, Trichogramma, NPV, neem oil, pheromone trap, blitox, economics, integrated IPM, non IPM. Top |