Chemical management

  • Seed fumigation with aluminium phosphide (Quickphos, Phosfume, Phostoxin) @ 50 tablets (each 3 g)/ 1000 cu ft.
  • Need based use of insecticides.
  • In particular, persistent insecticides like quinalphos 2.5 ml/l; chlorpyriphos 2 ml/l; at 15 days interval.
  • In severe incidence cypermethrin 2 ml/l or lamda cyhalothrin 1.5 ml/l or thiodicarb1.5 g/l on need basis towards the end of crop season.
  • Dusting  carbaryl 5% D @ 20 kg/ha
  • Spraying any one of the following insecticides:

                     - Phosalone 35% EC 2000 ml/ha

                     - Triazophos 40 EC 2.5l/ha