Vol. 13, Issue 4 (2024)

The present investigation entitled “Comparative efficacy of different recommended insecticides against brown plant hopper of paddy” was conducted at the field of Anand Niketan College of Agriculture, Warora Dist. Chandrapur in Randomized Block Design with seven treatments and three replications. The insecticidal treatments viz., were, Carbosulfan 25% EC, Acephate 75% SP, Cartap hydrochloride 50% SP, Fipronil 5% SC,

Thiamethoxam 25% WG, Bifenthrin 10% EC, including control were used during kharif 2021. Total three applications were applied at an interval of 15 days. The application of Bifenthrin 10 EC (1.36%) and was followed by Fipronil 5% SC (1.39%) proved effective in minimizing the Brown plant hopper, Acephate 75 SP (1.44%), Thiamethoxam 25% WG (1.5%), Carbosulfan 25 EC%), Cartap hydrochloride 50 (1.55%) and control (1.61%) respectively.