Efficacy of insecticides and neem against bemisia tabaci genn and yellow mosaic virus in mung bean

The insecticides viz., dimethoate (0.03%), monocrotophos (0.04%) and carbofuran (0.5 kg a.i./ha) gave better response and were found most effective followed by neem based formulations as moderately effective. The neem based insecticides viz., NSKE (3%). achook (0.3%), neem gold (0.3%) and nimbecidin (0.3%) were found comparable to monocrotophos and dimethoate in all respects. All the insecticides were found economical but two sprays of dimethoate was found most effective and economical.