Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Bijapur-586 101, India.
An experiment on management of stem borer, Celosterna scrabrator Fabr. on grape was conducted for over two years from 2004–05 to 2005–06 at Horticulture Research Station, Bijapur and one large scale trial for two years (2004 and 2005). The investigation clearly indicated the superiority of 8% dichlorvos 76EC (80 ml/litre) stem injection which recorded hundred per cent reduction of live tunnels whereas, in demonstration plot the live tunnel reduction was 90.95 per cent.
