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Efficacy of Neem Products And Insecticides Against Cotton Stem Weevil, Pempherulus afflnis Faust in Coimbatore

Volume : 95
Issue: Jan-jun
Pages: 229 - 232
Published: May 05, 2023
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Abstract


The young grub feeds on medulla and cambial regions of the plant leading to gall formation and wilting of plant. Further, high speed winds cause breakage of plant. Hence, study was conducted to know effective product among neem products and insecticides for the control of the pest. A field experiment was conducted with MCU 5 cotton variety at farm, TNAU, Coimbatore during summer, 2003 to evaluate efficacy of different insecticides along with neem cake and neem oil.

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229 - 232
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Neem products insecticides Cotton stem weevil pempherulus affinis faust
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