EFFECT OF VARIOUS ORGANIC MANURES AND BOTANICAL INSECTICIDES ON PESTS INFESTING OKRA, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
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2006
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
Investigations on effect of organic manures and botanical
insecticides on pest incidence of okra were carried out at B. A. College of
Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during Kharif 2005 and
Summer 2006. Results revealed that the treatment of 75% recommended
dose of neem cake + 25% that of chemical fertilizer proved to be
significantly effective in reducing the aphid, Aphis gossypii (15.28
aphids/leaf), leaf hopper, Amrasca biguttula biguttula (2.75 leafhoppers/3
leaves) and fruit borer, Earias vittella (2.37%) population over all other
evaluated treatments.
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Agricultural Entomology, Study