1Department of Plant Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
2Project Coordinated Unit, All India Coordinated Research Project on Sesame and Niger (ICAR), Jabalpur, M.P., India
*Corresponding author e-mail: Kailash Narayan Gupta (kngupta1@rediffmail.com)
Online published on 5 March, 2025.
Sesame phyllody is an important disease in the sesame growing area of Madhya Pradesh, India. Studies were carried out to evaluate the efficacy of various insecticides and botanical pesticides. Among the eight treatments performed the results showed that all significantly reduced both disease incidence and leafhopper populations compared to the untreated control. Imidacloprid was the most effective, achieving a 68.75% reduction in disease incidence, lowest leafhopper population (1.11 per leaf), highest seed yield (5.12 q/ha) and a benefit :cost ratio of 1.54 was recorded.
Disease, Phytoplasma, Incidence, Epidemiology
