Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2018 at College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal to evaluate the effect of different eco-friendly management practices including two insecticides for management of the major pests of King chilli. The results revealed that the minimum population of aphids 0.41/leaf was recorded on Imidacloprid and the maximum population of aphids 2.75/leaf was recorded on control whereas the minimum (0.26/leaf) and maximum (1.17/leaf) population of thrips were recorded on the treatment of spinosad and control respectively. The lowest and highest per cent fruit damage by fruit fly were recorded on the treatment of Cow urine+ neem pesticide (7.30%/plant) and control (25.50%/plant) respectively. However, the maximum and minimum yield of king chilli were recorded on the treatment of cow urine+neem pesticide (3243.30 kg/ha) and control (1677.78 kg/ha) respectively.