Pesticide Research Journal
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue: 2

Evaluation of Biopesticides against Lipaphis erysimi Kaltenbach and Chromatomyia horticola Goureau Infesting Brassica campestris L. var. sarson

  • Author:
  • Monika Sharma, Duni Chand Sharma
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 168 to 172

College of Agriculture, Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, 176 062, Himachal Pradesh, India

*Corresponding author E-mail: ms4164@gmail.com

Online published on 21 March, 2017.

Abstract

The efficacy of six biopesticides viz., melia (Melia 10 EC), eupatorium (Eupatorium 10 EC), melia-SFE (Melia-SFE 5 EC), eupatorium-SFE (Eupatorium-SFE 5 EC), azadirachtin (Neem Baan 1500 ppm), spinosad (Success 2.5% SC) and one synthetic insecticide malathion (Milthion 50 EC) against mustard aphid (Lipaphis erysimi Kaltenbach) and leaf miner (Chromatomyia horticola Goureau in brown sarson is reported. On the basis of reduction in insect population over control on 7th day after spray, the order of efficacy against L. erysimi was malathion > azadirachtin = melia > melia-SFE = eupatorium > eupatorium-SFE > spinosad and against C. horticola, spinosad > melia = melia-SFE = malathion > azadirachtin = eupatorium = eupatorium-SFE. Malathion, azadirachtin and melia treatments resulted in significantly higher yield as compared to untreated check.

Keywords

Biopesticides, SFE (super critical fluid extraction), brown sarson, Lipaphis erysimi, Chromatomyia horticola, field efficacy