D.K. BAIRWA, J.K. SHARMA AND H. VERMA

Out of nine treatments (including botanicals and biopesticides), the treatment of methyl demeton (0.025%) proved most effective against thrips followed by dimethoate (0.03%) and monocrotophos (0.036%). The treatment of karanj seed extract (5%) proved least effective followed by NSKE (5%) and nimbecidine (5 ml l–1), whereas, acephate (0.037%), imidacloprid (0.002%) and M. anisopliae (2 x 105 spores l–1) were in middle order of effectiveness. The maximum yield of 6.17 q/ha was obtained in the treatment of monocrotophos (0.036%) followed by dimethoate (0.03 %) and methyl demeton (0.025 %) which resulted in 6.06 and 5.97 seed yield ha–1, respectively.