Patterns of Insecticide Use and Farmers' Knowledge Level in Managing Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee in Tamil Nadu

Authors

  • K. Siddhartha Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu
  • K. N. Ragumoorthi Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu
  • S. V. Krishnamoorthy Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu
  • T. Saraswathi Department of Medicinal and Aromatic crops, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu
  • V. Balasubramani Controller of Examinations, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu
  • B. Vinothkumar Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2024.1882

Keywords:

Leucinodes orbonalis, brinjal, survey, safety measures, knowledge level, insecticides, farmers, management, pesticides, usage pattern, control

Abstract

A study was conducted to record the pattern of insecticide usage and knowledge level of farmers in handling insecticides to control shoot and fruit borer Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee from major brinjal growing districts of Tamil Nadu during 2022 -2023. This study found that, 22 different insecticides were imposed for the management of Leucinodes orbonalis and among them chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC (83.00%) was recorded as the highest usage insecticide followed by spinetoram 11.7% SC (72.00%). The number of insecticide applications among various districts varied from 9.9 to 24.7 per cropping season at an interval ranging 4.9 to 12.3 days. The major source of information regarding pesticides to the farmers were pesticide dealers (65.00%) and about 98.00% of the farmers did not pay attention towards label on pesticide containers. Only around 40.00% of farmers followed recommended dose and nearly 60.00% did not follow any safety measures while spraying. Study inferred that, more than 84.00% brinjal growing farmers completely relay on pesticides for the management of Leucinodes orbonalis in brinjal.

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Published

2024-04-05

How to Cite

Siddhartha, K., Ragumoorthi, K. N., Krishnamoorthy, S. V., Saraswathi, T., Balasubramani, V., & Vinothkumar, B. (2024). Patterns of Insecticide Use and Farmers’ Knowledge Level in Managing <i>Leucinodes orbonalis</i> Guenee in Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal of Entomology, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2024.1882

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