Insecticidal control of mango shoot borer.
Pandey N. D., Pandey V., Awasthi B. K.
Author Affiliation: Department of Entomology, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Pesticides 15 : 28-29
Abstract : Chlumetia transversa Wlk. was observed in July-October causing serious damage to mango in Uttar Pradesh, India, attacking both the seedling stage in the nursery and older trees. Damage consisted of larval boring into the tips of young shoots, which withered, died and prevented further new growth of the tree. In control tests with 5 insecticides, all sprays resulted in significantly higher mortality than no treatment, with no significant differences between the results for most of the compounds tested in the first year. In the second year, phosphamidon was significantly superior to all other compounds, which in order of effectiveness were fenitrothion, monocrotophos, endosulfan and formothion.