Abstract
Dolichos bean, Lablab purpureus Linn is one of the important vegetable crops grown in India. Among the different pests infesting the dolichos bean crop, hairy caterpillar, Euproctis icilia Stoll is the most serious pest and damages the dolichos bean from seedling to maturity stage. A statistically designed field experiment was conducted with randomised Block Design with three replications and eleven treatments during Rabi season of 2007- 08 with a view to test the relative efficacy of some insecticides for the control of hairy caterpillar. The results revealed that insecticidal treatments viz., 0.002 per cent emamectin benzoate, 0.006 per cent cypermethrin + profanophos and 0.05 per cent DDVP + 0.1 per cent carbaryl were found to be most effective for the control of hairy caterpillar, E. icilia. All the insecticidal treatments were significantly superior over control in reducing the hairy caterpillar population.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijls.v8i3.10308 International Journal of Life Sciences Vol.8(3): 2014: 5-7
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