Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, 334006
*Email: yadavrk.ento84@gmail.com
Online published on 4 January, 2018.
Field experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of seven insecticides and two botanicals against the mustard aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kalt.) at the Research farm, College of Agriculture, Bikaner. It revealed that imidacloprid 0.005% spray was the most effective followed by thiamethoxam 0.005% and dimethoate 0.03%. Oxydemeton methyl 0.025%, fenvalerate 0.02%, profenophos 0.005% and lufenuron 0.0025% were moderately effective. The treatment of NSKE 5.0% was observed less effective followed by azadirachtin 0.5%.
Insecticides, botanicals, field efficacy, mustard aphid, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, dimethoate, NSKE, azadirachtin
