Eco-friendly management of yellow mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus on chilli crop

Abstract

A field experiment was carried out in kharif season 2006 to study the efficacy of synthetic and botanical pesticides against Polyphagotarsonemus latus on chilli crop. The crop was treated with sulphur 80% WP (0.25%), phosalone 35% EC (0.07%), propargite 57% EC (0.18%), ethion 50% EC (0.05%), abamectin 1.9% EC (0.014%), nitrogen + sulphur (Mitex-S), azadirachtin 0.03% EC (0.00015%), neem oil pure (2 ml), NSKE (5 ml) and water. The overall performance of propargite activities maximum 78.11 per cent reduction of test mite followed by abamectin 74.36 per cent, phosalone 67.65 per cent, sulphur 66.46 per cent and ethion 64.33 per cent whereas azadirachtin activities moderate reduction 52.58 per cent followed by Mitex-S 50.34 per cent and NSKE 47.93 per cent. Least reduction was observed by neem oil 33.72 per cent.