Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

STUDY THE EFFECT OF SEED TREATMENTS AND FOLIAR SPRAY AGAINST MAJOR INSECT PESTS OF SESAME

Chetan M. Bondre, A.K. Panday and Moni Thomas

Abstract

Present investigation was aimed to Study the effect of seed treatments and foliar spray against major insect pests of sesame carried out in the experimental field of all India Coordinated Research project on Sesame and Niger at Breeder seed production of Groundnut field, Jawaharlal Neharu Krishi Vishwa vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. In the field study on 6.1.3 Efficacy of seed treatments and combination of seed treatments with foliar spray against major insect pests of sesame. The results revealed that in seed treatment with Imidachloprid 70 WS and foliar spray of Spinosad 45 SC, seed treatment with Chlorpyrifos 20 EC and foliar spray of Spinosad 45 SC and seed treatment with Thiamethoxam 25 WG and foliar spray of Spinosad 45 SC minimum larval population of til leaf roller and capsule borer (0.39, 0.46 and 0.54 larvae/ plant) were observed. In seed treatment with Imidachloprid 70 WS and foliar spray of Spinosad 45 SC, seed treatment with Chlorpyrifos 20 EC and foliar spray of Spinosad 45 SC and seed treatment with Thiamethoxam 25 WG and foliar spray of Spinosad 45 SC minimum larval population of Bihar hairy caterpillar (0.19, 0.25 and 0.30 larvae/ plant) were observed. In seed treatment with Imidachloprid 70 WS and foliar spray of Spinosad 45 SC, seed treatment with Chlorpyrifos 20 EC and foliar spray of Spinosad 45 SC and seed treatment with Thiamethoxam 25 WG and foliar spray of Spinosad 45 SC lower nymph and adult population of jassid (0.17, 0.23 and 0.32 nymph and adult/ plant) were observed Seed treatment with Imidachloprid 70 WS and foliar spray of Spinosad 45 SC minimum larval population (0.39, 0.19 larvae/plant) was observed.