FATE OF PROFENOPHOS, TRIAZOPHOS AND ACEPHATE IN CLAYEY AND SANDY LOAM SOILS UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS AND THEIR DISSIPATION IN/ON OKRA FRUITS UNDER SUPERVISED FIELD TRIAL
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2014
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AAU, Anand
Abstract
Vegetables are important ingredient of our food having a high
nutritional value. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) belongs to the family
Malvacea and is one of the important vegetable crops grown during
spring-summer and rainy season in India. It is also one of the
important sources of dietary requirements for Indians containing
several nutritional values. There are many factors affecting the low
productivity of okra. One of them is the losses caused by insect pests.
The crop is affected by number of insect pest, mites and nematodes
during different growth stages. According to Khan and Mukhopadhyay
(2004), the major insect pests infesting okra crop are shoot and fruit
borer, jassid, whitefly, aphid and mites. In order to protect the crops
from such pest damage, farmers are predominantly rely on chemical
pesticides.
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agriculture, soil science, agricultural chemistry, analysis