Vol. 11, Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
AS Bade, SR Kulkarni and GB Kabre

Abstract:
The experiment was carried out on field bio-efficacy of nine test insecticides and bio pesticides along with untreated check with three applications at ten days interval against B. Cucurbitae on cucumber crop at Experimental Farm of Dept. of Agril. Entomology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri during Kharif, 2019 and Kharif, 2021. On the basis of pooled data of both the years, results revealed that the Lambda-cyhalothrin, Deltamethrin, Emamectin benzoate and Spinosad in the descending order of preference were most promising treatments followed by Azadirachtin, NSE, Acephate, Lufenuron followed by Metarrhizium anisopliae. ICBR was worked out in descending order as Lambda-cyhalothrin (1:9.95), Deltamethrin (1:9.26), Emamectin benzoate (1:5.18), Azadirachtin (1:1.78), Acephate (1:1.75), Spinosad (1:1.69), NSE (1:1.02), Lufenuron (1:1.68) and Metarrhizium anisopliae (1:1.08).