Trends in Biosciences
  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

Evaluation of Relatively Eco-friendly Insecticides Against Pigeon Pea Podfly Melanagromyza obtusa (Malloch) in Late Pigeon Pea

  • Author:
  • Manzoor Hussain Dar1,, P.Q. Rizvi1, Hem Saxena1,2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 76 to 78

1Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, AMU, Aligarh, 202 002.

2Division of Crop Protection, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, 208 024.

*Email: m.dar@irri.org

Abstract

Relative performance of most widely used relatively eco-friendly insecticides against podfly was evaluated. It was found that two sprays of dimethoate, profenophos and quinalphos were superior. Maximum yield (1660 to 2046 kg/ha) and minimum grain damage (13.5 to 21.6%) was recorded in these treatments. The other treatments also showed a significant reduction in grain damage and increase in grain yield as compared to untreated check (38.4 to 44.8).

Keywords

Melanagromyza obtusa, efficacy, dimethoate, profenophos, quinalphos