1College of Agriculture, Ambajogai - 431 517, Maharashtra, India
2Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur - 313 001, Rajasthan, India
3Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, CCSHAU, Hisar - 125 004, Haryana, India
4Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, VNMKV, Parbhani - 431 402, Maharashtra
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani - 431 402, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding author's E-mail : nehamatra1@gmail.com
Online published on 27 June, 2024.
Among the different colored sticky traps observed, significantly highest numbers of beetles with cumulative mean of (10.73 lady beetles/trap/week) were trapped at yellow colored sticky trap on chilli and it was found at par with the blue colored sticky trap placed along the crop canopy which had a cumulative mean of beetles (8.36 lady beetles/trap/week). The sticky trap with a yellow colour was placed along the crop canopy and attracted the maximum number of flies, with a cumulative mean of 6.97 syrphid flies/trap/ week. This trap was found to be more effective than the others in terms of their vigour.
Capsicum annum, Crop canopy, Lady bird beetle, Sticky traps, Syrphid flies
