Flonicamid 50 WG against sucking insect pests in Brinjal

Brinjal crop is damaged by the infestation of sucking pests affecting the economic production of the crop. Experiment on pyridine carboxamide insecticide, flonicamid was conducted to evaluate its efficacy against major sucking pests. Flonicamid 50 WG and thiamethoxam 25 EC showed good efficacy in lowering the incidence of whitefly and leafhopper. These insecticides gave good yield in comparison to old chemistry molecules phosphamidon 40 SL and phorate 10 CG. Flonicamid 50 WG @ 200 and 250 g ha^-1 and thiamethoxam 25 EC @ 200 g ha^-1 recorded more than 80% reduction in whitefly and leaf hopper population over control after 10 days of spray. Flonicamid @ 250 g ha^-1 showed highest efficacy in terms of corrected density index along with highest net return. This new chemistry molecule can be effectively integrated in pest management programme for sustainable production of brinjal.