Field efficacy of new insecticide molecules against sucking pests of Eggplant, Solanum melongena L.

A field trial was conducted in farmers holding at Alanganallur block of Madurai using the popular brinjal cv. Mdu-1 to evaluate the efficacy of certain new insecticide molecules against sucking pests viz., aphids, brown plant hopper, thrips, whitefly and two spotted spider mites of eggplant. The overall impact of three rounds of foliar spray revealed that Abamectin 1.8 EC @ 0.5 ml/l caused maximum reduction of sucking pest population followed by Thiamethoxam 25 WG @ 0.75 g/l, apart from this Spinosad 45 SC @ 0.2 ml/l had moderate efficacy against sucking pests followed by Diafenthiuron 50 WP @ 1 ml/l, Fenazaquin 10 EC @ 0.75 ml/l, Fenpyroximate 5 EC @ 0.8 ml/l, followed by Bifenazate 240 SC @ 0.75 ml/l.