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Efficacy of some New Chemicals for the Control of the Red Hairy Caterpillar

Abstract

The red hairy caterpillar, Amsacta albistriga M., is a seriou pest of rainfed groundnut crop in the Tamil Nadu. In the districts of South Arcot, North Arcot and Chingleput, the pest occurs immediately after the first monsoon showers in July-August, when plants are quite young and the damage caused to the plants is severe. With the object of assessing the efficacy of some recently introduced chemicals in killing the caterpillars of medium to grown up stage, field experiments were conducted during 1968 and 1969 in three different villages in South Arcot district and the results are presented in this paper.

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