Region: South Asia > India
Categorized: Environmentally safe pesticides and pesticide risk management
Tagged: Lunagariya MV Patel BN and Borad PK Patel MB Suthar MD Varma HS
Efficacy of poison baits against fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) infesting maize
A field experiment was carried out at three experimental farms (Anand, Sansoli and Godhara) of Anand Agricultural University, Anand during Kharif, 2019 to evaluate the efficacy of different poison baits against fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) infesting maize. Among the different poison baits evaluated, rice bran 25 kg + jaggery 5 kg + thiodicarb 75 WP 250 g/ha, maize flour 25 kg + jaggery 5 kg + thiodicarb 75 WP 250 g/ha, rice bran 25 kg + jaggery 5 kg + emamectin benzoate 5 SG 125 g/ha, maize flour 25 kg + jaggery 5 kg + emamectin benzoate 5 SG 125 g/ha were found more effective in managing the population of FAW which reflected plants and cob damage and ultimately on grain and fodder yield of maize.
