MANAGEMENT OF SUCKING INSECT PESTS IN SOYBEAN, GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERILL
Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture MPUAT, Udaipur
Author(s):
SANGEETA MAHRANIA, AKHIL KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, O.P. AMETA AND N.K. PADIWAL
Abstract:
The management schedule containing spray of methyl demeton 25 EC at 0.04% at 20 DAG followed by quinalphos 25 EC at 0.04% at flowering and acephate 75 WP at 0.075% at pod initiation was found most effective against sucking insect pests; jassid, Amrasca kerri Pruthi and white fly, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius of soybean. It yielded highest seed yield of 23.10 q/ha, with highest net return of Rs. 19,842/ha and C: B ratio of 1:1.867. It was followed by management schedule consisting one spray of methyl demeton at 20DAG and two spray of NSKE 5% at flowering and pod initiation stage.