Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Muskan Sagar, Abhishek Kumar Chaudhary, Pradeep Kumar and Pramod Balmala

Abstract:
Field studies were conducted on the efficacy of bio-pesticides against pea pod borer, Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke) at experimental field, Organic Research farm Karguwan Ji, Department of Entomology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (Utter Pradesh) during Rabi Season of 2021-2022. Different bio-pesticides viz: Neem oil, Garlic bulb extract, Bacillus thuringiensis (5% WP), Castor oil, Panchgavya, Neem Seed Kernel Extract (Crude extract), Verticillium lecanii (2x10⁸ cfu), Beauveria bassiana. Experimental results revealed that the plant treated with bio-pesticides registered a significant difference of pea pod borer Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke) over the treatment of untreated control. Among them, the treatment of Beauveria bassiana (5.71 larvae/5 plant) was found in significantly more effective against the pest as compared to other bio-pesticides Bacillus thuringiensis, NSKE, Neem oil, and Verticillium lecanii were found moderately effective and proved significantly superior over Castor oil, Panchgavya and Garlic bulb extract proved significantly less effective among the bio-pesticides evaluated against pea pod borer Etiella zinckenella.