Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)

Author(s):
AM Parmar, GM Parmar, BA Gajera and PJ Davaria

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted for the management of major insect pests in pearl millet at Instructional Farm, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh during Kharif - 2021. Results showed that treatment seed treatment of imidacloprid 600 FS @ 8.75 ml/kg followed by foliar spray of dimethoate 30 EC @ 0.03% at 35 DAG and seed treatment of imidacloprid 600 FS @ 8.75 ml/kg followed by foliar spray of chlorantraniliprole 20 SC @ 0.006% at 35 DAG were found effective treatments for the control of shoot fly and stem borer of pearl millet. Considering the ICBR, seed treatment of imidacloprid 600 FS @ 8.75 ml/kg followed by foliar spray of dimethoate 30 EC @ 0.03% at 35 DAG (1: 9.86) gave highest cost benefit ratio followed by seed treatment of thiamethoxam 35 FS @ 9.0 ml/kg followed by foliar spray of dimethoate 30 EC @ 0.03% at 35 DAG (1: 7.87) and foliar spray of profenophos 50 EC 0.05% at 20 and 35 DAG (1: 6.08).