Annals of Plant Protection Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue: 1

Efficacy of insecticides against white grub, Leucopholis lepidophora infesting Sugarcane in western Maharashtra

  • Author:
  • Pradnya B. Mane, Pandurang B. Mohite
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 49 to 51

Division of Entomology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, College of Agriculture, Kolhapur-416 006, India

Online published on 2 April, 2015.

Abstract

A field trial comprising of seven insecticides conducted at farmers field in endemic area of pest in Kolhapur district revealed that soil drenching of imidacloprid 40% + fipronil 40% 80 WG @ 300 g ha−1 was found to be most effective treatment for control of white grub followed by clothianidin 50 WDG @ 250 g ha−1, flubendiamide 480 SC @ 400 ml ha−1 and rynaxypyr 0.4% G @ 125 g ha−1.

Keywords

Leucopholis lepidophora, Management, Sacchrum officinarum