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MONITORING THE ACTIVITY OF POTATO TUBER MOTH THROUGH PHEROMONE TRAP

Volume : 82
Issue: Sep-oct
Pages: 505 - 507
Published: July 07, 2023
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Abstract


The sex pheromone of potato tuber moth, Pthorimaca operculella (Zeller) was evaluated at higher altitude of the Nilgiris district. Male moth catch was notice throughout the year. Different lunar phases did not influence the moth catch. Maximum trap catch was recorded between 7 and 8 p.m. In hill zone, a septum remained effective for 14 months.

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505 - 507
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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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Potato Tubermoth Pheromone Lunar phase
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