Department of Entomology and Apiculture, Dr. Y.S.P. University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
* Corresponding author's E-mail: reecha.kanwar@gmail.com
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Out of six insecticides viz. IPOL spray oil and chlorpyriphos applied as foliar spray, thiamethoxam, imidacloprid and dimethoate applied as foliar spray and soil treatment and phorate as granular application against red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell), dimethoate (0.03%) and imidacloprid (0.02%) spray gave significantly high reduction in scale population (37.7 and 28.0%, respectively) and significant scale mortality (38.5 and 30.5%, respectively) during autumn season whereas, during summer season chlorpyriphos (0.04%) and thiamethoxam (0.025%) and dimethoate (0.03%) sprays showed significant reduction in the scale population (53.3, 53.2 and 49.7%, respectively) under field conditions.
