MANAGEMENT OF BAJARA EAR HEAD WORM, HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA HUBNER UNDER NORTH GUJARAT CONDITIONS
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sardarkrishinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, DEESA - 385 535 Di. Banaskantha,
Gujarat, India ID : fk_43@yahoo.co.in MO : +91 94281 37542
* Associate Professor, College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Waghai Di. Dang, Gujarat
N. N. CHAUHAN, F. K. CHAUDHARY AND R. F. CHAUDHARY
A field experiment was conducted for management of ear head worm on pear millet at Nadotra village near Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University campus, Saradrkrushinagar, Dist. Banaskantha (Gujarat) during summer, 2011. Out of seven chemical and two botanical insecticides tested, two sprays of endosulfan 0.07% + dichlorvos 0.05% or spinosad 73g a.i./ha or indoxacarb 50g a.i./ha or profenophos 0.05% at weekly interval starting from the formation of the ear head proved highly effective to manage ear head worm population on summer grown pearl millet crop in North Gujarat.