1Uttar Pradesh Council of Agriculture Research, Lucknow - 226010
2S.V. B.P.U.A.& T. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghaziabad. UP.
3GBPUA&T, Krishi Vigyan Kendra. Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
G B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Dhakrani-248142, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, E-mail: sssindia02@gmail.com
An investigation was carried out on the efficacy of some insecticides, bioinsecticide and a neem based formulation against fruit borer,Acrocercops cramerella in litchi under the Horticulture Technology Mission Project during 2006, 2007 and 2008. The study revealed that treatments (endosulfan + Halt) was significantly superior in suppressing infestation (3.04%) and also increased yield significantly (95.99 kg/tree). It can be concluded that the incidence of fruit borer can be kept below the economic threshold level by one application of endosulfan (0.07%) followed by and one application of Halt (0.03%) in the month of April-May at the intervals of 12–15 days.
Fruit borer, Acrocercops cramerella, insecticides, Halt, nimbicidinc
