Management and Economics of Earias vittella (Fab.) on Okra

All the tested insecticides and bio pesticides were found to be statistically superior over the control. The treatment with indoxacarb 14.5 SC @ 0.5 lit/ha yielded lowest shoot and fruit damage of 1.6% and 3.3%, respectively. The aforesaid treatment gave maximum marketable fruit yield 93.26 q/ha with maximum increase in yield over control (38.23 q/ha) and also proved profitable as per maximum cost benefit ratio of 1: 9.9 followed by carbosulfan 25 EC, lambda cyhalothrin 5 EC and cartap hydrochloride 50 SP with yield levels of 89.26, 86.79 and 83.73 q/ha, respectively.