23 Kas 2024 Cumartesi
Evaluation of flubendiamide as an IPM component for the management of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee
Abstract :A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of flubendiamide as an IPM component for the management of brinjal shoot and fruit borer and eight IPM packages were evaluated. Among the different IPM packages, package 6 (mechanical control + potash @100 kg/ha + field sanitation in combination with flubendiamide 24WG applied at 5% level of shoot and fruit infestation) showed the better performance by reducing 80.63% fruit infestation over control and produced the highest number of healthy and total fruits/plant (25.0 and 27.20, respectively). The same package also increased 108.83% healthy fruit yield and decreased 74.13% infested fruit yield over control. The highest benefit cost ratio (5.53) was recorded in IPM package 2 (Potash @100 kg/ha + flubendiamide 24WG applied at 5% level of fruit infestation), where 9 sprays were required. The BCR of 4.12 and 4.00 was obtained in IPM package 6 and package 5 with 8 and 5 sprays, respectively. The results of this study suggested that application of flubendiamide at 5% level of fruit infestation in combination with mechanical control + potash @ 100 kg/ha + field sanitation may be used for the management of brinjal shoot and fruit borer.
Benefit cost ratio, Field sanitation, Infestation, Mechanical control, Potash