Management of mulberry thrips through chemical insecticides

Abstract

In the present investigation, attempt was made to find out effective chemicals for the management of mulberry thrips, Pseudodendrothrips mori. The field experiment results revealed that among the insecticides, fipronil 5 SC @ 2 ml/l recorded lowest thrips population with longer persistency followed by Imidacloprid 17.8 SC @ 0.3 ml/l and Dimethoate 30 EC @ 2 ml/l.