Cultural Management
- Remove weeds and
stubbles after harvesting
- Avoid green manure and
apply FYM to prevent cutworm egg laying
- Use Steinernema carpocapsae (entomopathogenic nematode) or Beauveria
bassiana (fungi) after emergence of cutworm.
- Before one week of
sowing, apply Bacillus thuringenesis + Rice husk in main
field to control cutworm
- Release Trichogramma parasitoid
weekly once for 3 weeks continuously to control cutworm eggs
- In nature, larvae are
infected by entomopathogenic fungus, Nomuraea
rileyi and parasitised by Bracon
sp.