B. L. JAKHAR AND P. S. PATEL

A field experiment on evaluation of spray schedules of different insecticides and botanicals against insect and mite of chilli was taken during kharif 2009–2012 at Agriculture Research Station, Ladol in randomized block design with five treatments and four replications. The spray schedule SIII (comprising NSKE 5%, trizophos 40 EC @ 25 ml/ 10 lit., dicofol 18.5 EC @ 15 ml / 10 lit. and acetamiprid 20 SP 1 g / 10 lit. of water) registered the lowest population of thrips, white fly and mite at three and seven days after spray and consequently, the lowest leaf curl intensity in SIII (2.08, 3.24 and 5.15 per cent at 50, 75 and 100 days after transplanting, respectively). The lowest fruit damaged was also recorded in spray schedule SIII (2.59%) with the highest fruit yield (6342 kg/ha) of green chillies.