Bio-efficacy of newer insecticides against pomegranate aphid, Aphis punicae

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during the Ambia bahar 2018 in the orchard of All India Coordinated Research Project on Arid Zone fruits, Department of Horticulture, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (M.P.K.V.), Rahuri, Ahmednagar, India to evaluate the efficacy of newer insecticides against pomegranate aphids. The pooled data inferred that Spirotetramat + Imidacloprid 240 SC was the most effective treatment in keeping population of aphids at lowest level (3.99 aphids/shoot). The next treatments in the ascending order of superiority were Fipronil 5 SC (4.30), Cyantraniliprole 10.26 OD (4.40), Tolfenpyrad 15 EC (6.27), Thiacloprid 240 SC (6.29), Imidacloprid 200 SL (7.26) & Acetamiprid 20 SP (7.58).