Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362 001, India
Online published on 4 October, 2011.
The results of two applications of nine different insecticidal treatments against leaf miner, (Aproaerema modicella Deventer) infesting soybean revealed that the treatments with all the chemicals were found most effective for the control of the pest. Among the eco-friendly pesticides used NSKE 5 per cent was found most effective followed by neemazol @ 2 ml/litre. Also, Beauveria bassiana was found effective against the pest as it showed increasing trend in the pest mortality.
B. bassiana, Soybean leaf miner, A. modicella