ECOFRIENDLY MANAGEMENT OF DIAMONDBACK MOTH, PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA (LINN.) ON CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER IN DISTRICT GURUGRAM, HARYANABharat Singh, Satyandra Singh and Neetu SinghAbstract A field based investigation was carried out for ecofriendly management of the insect pest Plutella xylostella (L.) on cabbage and cauliflower at identified âhot spotâ- Khanpur village of Pataudi block in Gurugram district, Haryana. Among treatments, newer insecticides of microbial origin, Spinosad 45% SC and Emamectin benzoate 5% S.G showed highest reduction in larval population of P. xylostella on both the crops with lowest number of larval count over control. Performance of biopetsicide, Beauveria bassiana is also noteworthy while in neem based formulations, neem oil showed remarkable reduction as compared to Neem Seed Kernel Extract (NSKE) resulted 65.79%, 58.82% and 67.84%,63.85% on cabbage and cauliflower respectively. All the treatments were observed significantly over control. |