Safety of cyazypyr and microbial pesticides against ladybird beetles and spiders in capsicum

Abstract

Experiments were conducted during winter season, 2016-2017 at Central Research Station, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar to evaluate the safety of cyazypyr and microbial pesticides against natural enemies like ladybird beetles and spiders in capsicum. Reduction of ladybird beetle population ranges from 9.52% to 14.29% and 11.11% to 16.67% in different microbial pesticide treatments and 15.87% to 22.22% and 19.44% to 20.83% in different doses of cyantraniliprole treatments over control in first and second experiment respectively. Reduction of spider population ranges from 7.41% to 12.35% and 6.02% to 12.05% in different microbial pesticide treatments and 11.11% to 16.05% and 8.43% to 13.25% in different doses of cyantraniliprole treatments over control in first and second experiment respectively.