Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and forestry, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat-791 102, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Online published on 23 July, 2012.
Hexane and chloroform extracts of Acorus calamus, Curcuma caesia, C. aromatic and C. longa gave 100 % and different cultivars of Z. officinale gave mortality to the extent of 80 % and above at 2.0% concentration. The extracts of lesser non polar solvents gave low mortality. only A. calamus could give 100 % mortality at 4.0% concentration of ethyl acetate and acetone extracts. Among the plants, A. calamus gave the highest mortality in all the solvent extracts and it was followed by C. caesia.
Acorus calamus, Solvent extracts, Spodoptera litura
