*Department of Agricultural Entomology, UAS, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru-560 065, Karnataka, India
**All India Coordinated Research Project (Sunflower), UAS, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru-560 065, Karnataka, India
AINP on Rodent control, UAS, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru-560 065, Karnataka, India
Online published on 26 August, 2014.
Chlorpyriphos 50EC (2 ml/l)was found to be the best treatment, which was at par with neem oil (3 ml/l). Acephate 75 SP (2g/l) was the next best treatment.
Bioefficacy, Conogethes punctiferalis, castor shoot, capsule borer, Ricinus communis