Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 22, No 3 (2009)

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Influence of abiotic factors on the incidence of hopper and chemical control strategies in mango

D. AnithaKumari, B.K.M. Lakshmi, G. Sathyanarayana Reddy, M. LakshmiNarayanaReddy

Abstract


Experiments on influence of abiotic factors on the incidence of mango hopper and its management were conducted at the Fruit Research Station, Sangareddy. The mango hoppers correlated negatively and significantly with morning relative humidity (r=-0.549, -0.581) and evening relative humidity (r=-0.658, -0.688) in two cultivars viz., Baneshan and Dashehari, respectively and non-significantly with temperature and rainfall. The Module-I consisting of first spray at panicle emergence with imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 0.32 ml/l, second spray with NSKE (5%) at 21 days after first spray, and third spray (need based) with Endosufan 35 EC @ 2.00 ml/l when fruits were at pea size and Module-II having first spray with thiamethoxam 25 WG  @ 0.32 g/l of water, second spray with azadirachtin 1500 ppm @ 5 ml/l of water at 21 days of first spray, and third spray (need based) with ethofenprox 10 EC @ 0.5 ml/l  were found to be most effective in reducing the hopper population. The avoidable yield loss was 49.43 and 42.24 per cent in Module-II and Module-I, respectively. Highest yield was recorded in Module-II followed by Module-I with 76.96 and 73.35 kg tree/tree, respectively.

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