Bio-efficacy of selected new insecticides against mired bug Poppiocapsidea biseratense (Distant) and cost economics of mirid bug management in sesame

Abstract

During Kharif 2018, a field experiment was conducted at College of Agriculture, V. C. Farm, Mandya to study the bio-efficacy of certain insecticides against mirid bug, P. biseratense and the economical feasibility was also studied. The studies showed that among nine insecticide molecules tested for their bio-efficacy against mirid bug, the seed treatment along with foliar sprays of imidacloprid 60 FS and thiamethoxam 25 WG @ 0.3 g/l found to be effective and this was followed by flonicamid 50 WG @ 0.4 g/l, imidacloprid 60 FS + acetamiprid 20 SP @ 0.3 g/l and clothianidin 50 WDG @ 0.1 g/l.