A field experiment was conducted during the year 2012–13 in two cropping seasons viz Kharif 2012 and Rabi 2012–13 at Agricultural Research Station, Ragolu using rice cultivar MTU 7029 during Kharif and MTU 1010 during Rabi for testing the insecticide molecules Sutathion (triazophos) @ 750 ml/ha and 1250 ml/ha, sulfaxaflor @ 313 ml/ha and 375 ml/ha, buprofezin @ 800 ml/ha, chlorantriniliprole @ 150 ml/ha, acephate @ 667 g/ha and monocrotophos @ 1390 ml/ha with untreated control. The pooled results of two crop seasons revealed that all the tested insecticides were significantly superior and on par with each other in reducing stem borer and leaf folder populations. All the tested insecticides were also safe to spider population except sulfaxaflor.
Rice, stem borer, leaf folder, insecticides
