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Section 14: Insecticides - Active Ingredient Lethality and Effects of Cover Sprays
Fly Host Location Authors Date Summary
B. dorsalis, B.
cucurbitae, D.
ciliatus
Peach Himachal
Pradesh
Sharma et al. 1973 Two spray treatments 4 and 2 weeks before fruit harvest. Fenthion and Fenitrothion each at 2.5 ml a.i./ tree.
Percentage infestation was reduced to 3.45 and 8.11 respectively, compared to 41.65 in the untreated control.
B. cucurbitae Cucurbits Bihar Agarwal et al. 1987 Fenthion, dichlorvos, phosphamidon and endosulfan recommended.
B. dorsalis Mango
(alphanso)
Maharastra Anand and
Rama
Chandani
1984 Fumigation with ethylene dibromide at dosages of 20, 28 and 36 g/m3 gave 100% mortality after an exposure
period of 2h. On the basis of results lowest dosage (20g/m3) of ethylene dibromide is recommended.
B. cucurbitae Watermelon Babu et al. 2002 A field experiment was carried out from January to March 1999, to evaluate the bioefficacy of test insecticides:
neem (3 and 5 ml/litre), triazophos (700 g a.i./ha), chlorpyriphos [chlorpyrifos] (400 g a.i./ha), monocrotophos
(700 g a.i./ha), abamectin (15 and 20 g a.i./ha), SIL-942 (60 and 100 g a.i./ha) and beta-cyfluthrin (12.5 and 18.75
g a.i./ha) on insect pests of watermelon. Abamectin exerted superior control of aphids (Aphis gossypii; 96.19%),
thrips (Thrips tabaci; 81.14%) and also desirable suppression of leaf miner (Liriomyza trifolii; 30.95%). Betacyfluthrin
was effective against red pumpkin beetle (A. foveicollis; 6.86% damaged leaves per plant).
Monocrotophos offered good control of aphids (94.92%) and thrips (63.94%). Triazophos reduced aphid
population to an extent of 94.56%. Chlorpyriphos achieved good control of thrips (72.54%). Neem recorded 27.18
and 70.55% reduction of leaf miner and fruitfly (B. cucurbitae), respectively.
Carypomyia
vesuviana
Jujube Gujarat Bagle 1992 The incidence of Carpomyia vesuviana on Ziziphus mauritiana was studied in Gujarat, and attempts were made
to determine suitable control measures. Pest attack started around mid-October and increased suddenly in mid-
November (average incidence over 20%), continuing until December. Of several insecticides tested, fenvalerate
at 0.005% and decamethrin [deltamethrin] at 0.0015% were the most effective and consistent in reducing
infestation, followed by monocrotophos and phosphamidon at 0.05%.
C. vesuviana Jujube Punjab Bal 1992 Spray 500ml of rogor 30EC (Dimethoate) in 300 litres of water during Feb-March. Stop spraying at least 15 days
before fruit picking.
C. vesuviana Jujube South India Basha 1952 Four triweekly sprays of 0.05 per cent BHC and 0.1 per cent DDT. (Both BHC and DDT are now banned in India).
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