BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 1B

Efficacy of pesticides against mango aphid, Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de fonscolombe)

  • Author:
  • D. Srinivasa Reddy, M. Pushpa Latha, L. Rajesh Chowdary, L. Ranjith Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 188 to 189

*Main Agricultural Research Station, UAS, Raichur, Karnataka

**College of Agriculture, UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka

Horticulture College and Research Institute, DRYSRHU, Koduru, Andhra Pradesh

Online published on 17 March, 2015.

Abstract

The mortality of mango aphid (Toxoptera aurantii) ranged from 54.33 to 100%. Profenophos 50EC (0.1%), dimethoate 30EC (0.06%), acephate 75 SP (0.075%), acetamaprid 20 SP (0.004%), monocrotophos 36 SL (0.054%) recorded 100% mortality while least mortality (54.33%) was observed with dichlorovas 76EC (0.152%).

Keywords

Mango aphid, Toxoptera aurantii, mortality, insecticides