EFFICACY OF BOTANICALS EXTRACTS MIXTURE WITH PANCHAGAVYA AGAINST SHOOT AND FRUIT BORER, EARIAS VITTELLA (FAB.) ON BHENDI UNDER IN VITRO CONDITION

Abstract

ABSTRACT Shoot and fruit borer, Earias vittella (Fab.) is a commonly encountered and economically important insect pest of Bhendi. Bhendi producers typically apply botanicals as mixture with panchagavya to mitigate E.vittella populations; however, there is limited information available on the compatibility and efficacy of commonly used botanicals extract mixture with panchagavya. This study assessed five binary botanical extracts mixture with panchagavya used in vitro which included botanical extracts containing panchagavya, neem leaf extract per cent, Prosophis leaf extract 5%, Calotropis leaf extract per cent, Pungam oil per cent and NSKE per cent. Fruit disc no-choice method was performed in a laboratory using bhendi fruit to determine the antifeedant activity and per cent mortality of botanicals extracts mixture with panchagavya agains E. vittella. The results indicated that all binary mixtures recorded visibly the highest per cent of antifeedant activity in NLE (5%) + panchagavya (3%) (65.11%) on par with NSKE (5%) (64.84%) and the highest mortality was recorded in panchagavya (3%) + NSKE (5%) (83.33%), followed by pungam oil (3%) + panchagavya 3 per cent (66.67%) and NLE (5%) + panchagavya (3%) (53.33%). The results indicated that these botanicals extracts mixture with panchagavya give good results for the management of E. vittella