1ICAR-CPRI- Regional Station, Gwalior474020, Madhya Pradesh, India
2ICAR-CPRI- Regional Station, Modipuram250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
3ICAR-CPRI, Shimla171001, Himachal Pradesh, India
ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)- Regional Station, Jalandhar144003, Punjab, India
*Email: mabas.shah@icar.gov.in (corresponding author)
Online Published on 16 May, 2022.
Field experiments were conducted at three locations for two seasons, 2018 to 2020 to evaluate the efficacy of soil insecticides against sucking pests of potato. Lowest cumulative mean number of whiteflies was observed with fipronil 0.3G @ 25 kg/ ha, and it was on par with its dose of 20 kg/ ha, cartap hydrochloride 4G @ 20 and @ 25 kg/ ha; overall reduction in whiteflies over control ranged between 56.70 and 59.04% at Jalandhar; 53.17 to 60.89% at Modipuram, and 57.33 to 62.40% at Gwalior. Similar trends were noted for aphids, leaf hoppers and thrips. Based on tuber yield and benefit cost ratio, cartap hydrochloride 4G @ 20 kg/ ha (2.62) and fipronil 0.3G @ 20 kg/ ha (2.47) were found to be the most effective against the sucking pests of potato. Hence, both these can be recommended in potato in place of phorate 10G.
Systemic insecticides, Bemisia tabacim, Empoasca spp, Seed potato, Cartap hydrochloride, Fipronil, Phorate, Granular formulations, Viruses, Tuber yield
