Department of Agricultural Entomology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai625104Tamil Nadu, India
*Email: sureshento2009@gmail.com
Online Published on 6 February, 2023.
Field experiments were conducted during 2018-19 and 2019-20 in moringa gardens at Usilampatti Block, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu with seven biopesticides viz., neem oil 3%, NSKE 5%, azadirachtin/neemazal 3,000 ppm, pungam oil 3%, fish oil rosin soap 25 g/l, Beauveria bassiana 108 CFU/ml and Lecanicillium lecanii 106 CFU/ml to evaluate their efficacy against tea mosquito bug Helopeltis spp. Among these, B. bassiana 108 CFU/ml was found to be the most effective.
Tea mosquito bug, Moringa, Neem oil, NSKE, Neemazal, Pungam oil, Fish oil rosin soap, Beauveria bassiana, Lecanicillium lecanii, Efficacy, Yield
