Cultural management

Plough the soil to expose and kill the pupae
Grow castor along border and irrigation channel as trap crop
Flood the field to drive out the hibernating larvae
Set up light trap @1/ha and Pheromone traps @ 15/ ha to attract male moths
Collect and destroy egg masses in castor and tomato
Hand pick grown up larvae and kill them
Spray Sl NPV @ 1.5x10¹² POBs/ha + 2.5 Kg crude sugar + 0.1 % teepol
Poison bait: Rice bran 5 Kg + Molasses or Brown sugar 500g + Carbaryl 50 WP 500g + 3 lit of water/ ha, mix the ingredients well – Broadcast in the field in the evening hours