Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, Punjab, India
*Corresponding author's present address: Department of Forestry and N.R., Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; E-mail: akdhaliwal@pau.edu
**Maize Entomology Laboratory, Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology
Online published on 9 October, 2017.
The results of the present studies depicted that deltamethrin 2.8 EC was most effective against C. partellus recording minimum deadhearts (6.85%). The soil application of green molecule, chlorantraniliprole 0.4 GR, foliar application of biopesticide, B. thuringiensis var. Kurstaki and cultural practice of intercropping fodder cowpea in two rows of maize were at par with each other for reducing the deadhearts (48.30–50.12%). The seed treatment with imidacloprid 600 FS and foliar application of B. bassiana were found to be least effective (15.12–15.30% dead hearts), but were better than control (20.89%).
Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki, Chilo partellus, chlorantraniliprole, cowpea, imidacloprid
