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BIO-EFFICACY OF NEEM OIL AND DELTAMETHRIN AGAINST SPOTTED BOLL WORM Earias vittella (Fab.) (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) ON COTTON (MCU 5)

Volume : 77
Issue: Jul-aug
Pages: 294 - 298
Published: August 17, 2023
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Abstract


A study was carried out to test the bio-efficacy of neem oil at 0.10 to 0.50 per cent concentrations alone and in combination with the pyrethroid deltamethrin (0.09% ) on cotton CMCN 5) under field condition during winter 1986-1987. Deltamethrin (0.09%) was the most effiective treatment in minimising shoot, square, bolls, kapas and loculi infestation due to E. vittella. The next best treatments were neem oil at 0.5% alone and combinations of neem oll 0.30, 0.40 and 0.50% with deltamethrin 0.09%. Deltamethrin 0.09% spray recorded the maximum yield. Deltamethrin in com- bination with neem oil recorded higher yield than neem oil alone. Yield loss was minimum in detalmethrin 0.09% alone. Deltamethrin 0.09% alone can be used for effective control of bollworms and realising appreciably high yield of kapas. Addition of neem oil and deltamethrin spray fluid has not conferred any additional benefits.

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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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COTTON SPOTTED BOLLWORM NEEM OIL DELTMETHRIN
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