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Management of red pumpkin beetle, Aulacophora foveicollis (Lucas) with traditional method of dusting with dung ash in cucurbits

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Title Management of red pumpkin beetle, Aulacophora foveicollis (Lucas) with traditional method of dusting with dung ash in cucurbits
 
Creator Singh Chandi, Ravinder
Kaur, Amandeep
Aggarwal, Naveen
 
Subject Bottle gourd,
Cucumber
Dung ash
Musk melon
Red pumpkin beetle
 
Description 208-214
Efficacy of dung ash was evaluated against red pumpkin beetle in cucumber, musk melon and bottle gourd crops during 2018 and 2019 at Entomological Research Farm, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After germination, dung ash was dusted on plants 1, 2, 3 and 4 times at weekly interval. Significant decline in adult population in all the treatments was observed as compared to control. Lowest mean adult population was observed in plots which were dusted with ash three to four times at weekly interval and higher percentage reduction compared to control in these treatments was observed. In all the three crops, highest mortality of plants was observed in control during both the years. With three dung ash applications given at weekly interval, an additional yield of 84.33, 98.85 and 254.40 q/ha was obtained in cucumber, musk melon and bottle gourd, respectively. The net return over control with dung ash treatments was also found better in all the three crops. Based on this study, it is concluded that red pumpkin beetle can be managed effectively with dusting of dung ash on the plants 3-4 times at weekly interval. This management technique has the prospective to be utilised as an alternate to harmful chemical insecticides in IPM programmes.
 
Date 2022-02-15T06:58:30Z
2022-02-15T06:58:30Z
2022-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/59138
 
Language en
 
Relation Cl.22: A01P 7/04, A01P 17/00, A01P 19/00, A01N 63/00, A62D 101/04
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.21(1) [January 2022]