Efficacy of insecticides against pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Geyer) infesting Lablab bean

There were eight treatments i.e., seven insecticides (emamectin benzoate 5 SG, lambda cyhalothrin 5 EC, spinosad 45 SC, nimbicidine 10000 ppm, indoxacarb 15.8 SC, novaluron 10 EC and cypermethrin 25 EC) and an untreated control. The treatment of indoxacarb 0.01% was found most effective and recorded least overall mean % damage (7.5%) and was at par with spinosad 0.007% (8.5%), emamectin benzoate 0.002% (9.1%), lambda cyhalothrin 0.005% (9.4%), novaluron 0.015% (9.5%), cypermethrin 0.006% (9.7%) and nimbicidine 0.004% (10.1%). The highest (22.2%) pod and bud damage was recorded in the untreated control.