Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Kaneria PB, Acharya MF, Ghelani MK and Baraiya KP

Abstract:
The experiment was carried out during Kharif, 2020 and 2021 at Cotton Research Station, Junagadh Agricultural University, Gujarat, India. In case of August, the result indicated that the yellow sticky trap was found highly significant among other treatments. The next best treatments were a dark green sticky trap, light green sticky trap and orange sticky trap, which were at par with each other. For September, the yellow sticky trap was found significant among all the other treatments and it was found at par with the dark green sticky trap, light green sticky trap, orange sticky trap and light blue sticky trap. A close perusal of the pooled data on whitefly trapping revealed that the yellow sticky trap was found significant and it was at par with light green sticky trap, orange sticky trap and dark green sticky trap in October. While the pooled data on whitefly trapping on yellow sticky trap recorded the most significant trapping among all the other treatments for November and it was on par with the dark green sticky trap. The next best treatments were a light green sticky trap, orange sticky trap and dark blue sticky trap, which were also at par with each other. The next best treatments were an orange sticky trap, light green sticky trap and dark green sticky trap, which were also at par with each other in December.