Department of Agril. Entomology, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Latur, Parbhani -433 512, India
*Corresponding author's E-mail: babangaikwad2007@gmail.com
1Part of the approved M.Sc. (Agri.) dissertation submitted by B.B. Gaikwad to Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth Parbhani during 2013
Studies on the effect of different insecticides on lady bird beetle revealed that thiamethoxam 0.005 per cent was found to be safer insecticide to lady bird beetle population followed by profenofos 0.05 per cent while acetamiprid 0.004 per cent and imidacloprid 0.004 per cent were toxic.
Imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, lady bird beetle
