Efficacy of insecticides against Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) and Spilosoma obliqua (Wlk.) in black gram Patidar Girish, Kumar Akhilesh* JNKVV College of Agriculture, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh *Email: akhiliivr@gmail.com
Online published on 5 February, 2019. Abstract Field experiment were carried out at the Entomology Instructional Farm, JNKVV College of Agriculture, Rewa during kharif 2014–15 in black gram variety T-9 to evaluate the efficacy of flubendiamide 39.35% SC, indoxacarb 15.8% EC, thiamethoxam 25% WG, triazophos 40% EC, monocrotophos 36% SL, thiacloprid 21.7% SC, chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC and quinalphos 25% EC compared with untreated control. The observations on their efficacy against the Bihar hairy caterpillar Spilosoma obliqua (Walker) and whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) revealed that thiacloprid 21.7% SC was the most effective against whitefly followed by thiamethoxam 25% WG while chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC was the most effective against Bihar hairy caterpillar followed by flubendiamide 39.35% SC. Flubendiamide 39.35% SC and thiacloprid 21.7% SC were the least effective against whitefly and Bihar hairy caterpillar, respectively. Top Keywords Black gram, whitefly, Bihar hairy caterpillar, flubendiamide, indoxacarb, thiomethoxam, triazophos, monocrotophos, thiacloprid, chlorantraniliprole, quinalphos, yield. Top |