Efficacy of Soil Insecticides Against Sucking Pests of Potato

Authors

  • Mohd Abas Shah ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)- Regional Station, Jalandhar 144003, Punjab
  • Subhash Katare ICAR-CPRI- Regional Station, Gwalior 474020, Madhya Pradesh
  • Anuj Bhatnagar ICAR-CPRI- Regional Station, Modipuram 250110, Uttar Pradesh
  • Sanjeev Sharma ICAR-CPRI, Shimla 171001, Himachal Pradesh
  • Murlidhar J Sadawarti ICAR-CPRI- Regional Station, Gwalior 474020, Madhya Pradesh
  • Shiv Pratap Singh ICAR-CPRI, Shimla 171001, Himachal Pradesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2021.332

Keywords:

Systemic insecticides, Bemisia tabaci, Empoasca spp., seed potato, cartap hydrochloride, fipronil, phorate, granular formulations, viruses, tuber yield

Abstract

Field experiments were conducted at three locations for two seasons, 2018 to 2020 to evaluate the efficacy of soil insecticides against sucking pests of potato. Lowest cumulative mean number of whiteflies was observed with fipronil 0.3G @ 25 kg/ ha, and it was on par with its dose of 20 kg/ ha, cartap hydrochloride 4G @ 20 and @ 25 kg/ ha; overall reduction in whiteflies over control ranged between 56.70 and 59.04% at Jalandhar; 53.17 to 60.89% at Modipuram, and 57.33 to 62.40% at Gwalior. Similar trends were noted for aphids, leaf hoppers and thrips. Based on tuber yield and benefit cost ratio, cartap hydrochloride 4G @ 20 kg/ ha (2.62) and fipronil 0.3G @ 20 kg/ ha (2.47) were found to be the most effective against the sucking pests of potato. Hence, both these can be recommended in potato in place of phorate 10G.

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Published

2022-07-26

How to Cite

Shah, M. A. ., Katare, S., Bhatnagar, A., Sharma, S., Sadawarti, M. J., & Pratap Singh, S. (2022). Efficacy of Soil Insecticides Against Sucking Pests of Potato. Indian Journal of Entomology, 84(1), 122–125. https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2021.332

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Volume 84, Issue 1, March 2022

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