BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2a

Toxicity of insecticides against mealy bug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on bidi tobacco under glass house condition

  • Author:
  • Babu Lal Jat, D. M. Mehta, L. V. Ghetiya
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 422 to 424

*Bidi Tobacco Research Station, AAU,Anand 388 110 (Gujarat)

**Department of Entomology, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand 388 004 (Gujarat)

Department of Entomology, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand-388 004 (Gujarat)

Online published on 6 May, 2013.

Abstract

The lower(18.73 mealy bugs/plant) population was recorded when the infested tobacco plants were treated with chlorpyriphos followed byprofenophos(19.79), carbaryl (21.60) and methomyl (22.53), respectively. Whereas, maximum (36.88 and 36.86 mealy bugs/plant) population was obtained when tobacco plants were treated with thiamethoxam and buprofezin, respectively.

Keywords

Persistence toxicity, Phenacoccus solenopsis, tobacco