BIOEFFICACY OF SOME PESTICIDES AGAINST SUCKING PESTS COMPLEX OF BLACKGRAM (VIGNA MUNGO (L.) HEPPER]
SANDEEP KUMAR *
DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY, N.M. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE NAVSARI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, NAVSARI-396 450; INDIA.
G. PARMAR *
DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY, N.M. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE NAVSARI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, NAVSARI-396 450; INDIA.
M.M. NAIK *
DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY, N.M. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE NAVSARI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, NAVSARI-396 450; INDIA.
ABHISHEK SHUKLA *
DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY, N.M. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE NAVSARI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, NAVSARI-396 450; INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study was carried out at Department of Entomology, N.M. College of AgrictIture. Naysari Agricultural University, Naysari, Gujarat on the bio-efficacy of some insecticides against sucking pest complex of blackgram. The study suggest that one spray of clothjanidin 0.003 per cent was the most effective treatment in controlling the sucking pests viz., jassid (E. kerri), whitetly (B. tabaci) and aphid (A. creccivora). The rest treatments were also found effective in controlling the sucking pests as compared to untreated control.
Keywords: Bioefficacy, pesticides, sucking pests complex, black gram pod borer Vigna mungo.(L.) Hepper