1Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India
2AICRP on Groundnut, Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India
3AICRP on Soybean, Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India
*Email: bhargavireddykolli@gmail.com (corresponding author): ORCID ID 0009-0008-9746-099X
Online published on 4 April, 2025.
The most significant effect of inadvertent application of pesticides has been the eradication of natural enemies. It is necessary to assess the insecticidal qualities, mammalian toxicity, and safety to natural enemies before incorporating in IPM. This study evaluates the impact of some insecticides on natural enemies of groundnut defoliators viz., Spodoptera litura (F), Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner), Thysanoplusia orichalcea (F), Aproaerema modicella (Deventer) and Maruca vitrata (Geyer). The results revealed maximum occurrence of coccinellid and spider predators in untreated control, and all the insecticides were comparable as regards their effect.
Betacyfluthrin + imidacloprid, Chlorantraniliprole, Coccinellids, Emamectin benzoate, Flubendiamide, Groundnut, Novaluron + emamectin benzoate, Spiders, Thiamethoxam + lambdacyhalothrin
