Efficacy of Biopesticides against Sucking Pests Infesting Moth Bean [Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.) Marechal]
D. V. Muchhadiya *
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Bharuch (Gujarat), India.
D.G. Bavaliya
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Bharuch (Gujarat), India.
B.B. Thakor
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Bharuch (Gujarat), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted at College of Agriculture, NAU, Bharuch (Gujarat) to study the efficacy of biopesticides against sucking pests of moth bean during kharif -2023. Results revealed that among the different biopesticides tested against sucking pests of moth bean, Beauveria bassiana(1 x 108 cfu g-1), neem oil 0.5% and NSKE 5% was found most effective whereas, treatments of Lecanicillium lecanii (1x 108 cfu g-1) , Metarhizium anisopliae (1 x 108 cfu g-1) and azadirachtin 0.15 EC found moderately effective against jassid, Empoasca motti (Pruthi.) and whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) populations. Treatments of neem oil 0.5% and azadirachtin 0.15 EC was found most effective whereas, Beauveria bassiana(1 x 108 cfu g-1) and NSKE 5% found moderately effective against thrips, Caliothrips indicus (Bagnall).
Keywords: Moth bean, sucking pests, jassid, white fly, thrips, Beauveria bassiana