The field experiment was carried out on tomato in the Rabi season of 2019-20 at Vegetable Research Farm, Institute Agricultural Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. crop variety, Arka Vikas (Selection 22) selected to evaluate bioefficacy nine different insecticidal treatments against sucking pest complex and natural enemies under conditions. Two sprays 15 days intervals ten with ...

BACKGROUND The development and commercialisation of new chemical classes of insecticides for efficient crop protection measures against destructive invertebrate pests is of utmost importance to overcome resistance issues and to secure sustainable crop yields. Flupyradifurone introduced here is the first representative of the novel butenolide class of insecticides active against various sucking ...

Background: Rice is a major cereal crop and staple food for more than half of the world’s population. Frontline demonstrations on rice with improved varieties, production protection technologies were organized to increase productivity profitability farmers. Methods: (FLD) recently released short-duration RNR 15048 KNM 118 proven in conducted farmer’s fields by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kampasagar, ...

Essential oils are widely used as botanical insecticides rather than chemically synthesized pesticides which led to catastrophic effects on humans, the environment, and eutrophication. Here, encapsulation of four essential Basilicum ocimum, Cuminum cyminum, Origanum marjorana, Matricaria chamomilla were utilized in presence 3% v/v ethanol, anti-insect against Aphis craccivora compared tradition...

Biological efficacy of rapeseed spray oil against twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch) on cucumber, against European red mite [Panonychus ulmi (Koch)] on apple, green peach aphid (Myzus persicae Sulzer) on pepper and pear psylla [Cacopsylla pyri (L.)] was evaluated in seven field and three greenhouse trials at eight localities in Serbia during 2005-2008. The efficacy of rapeseed sp...

A modification that entails the use of buffering during extraction was made to further improve results for certain problematic pesticides (e.g., folpet, dichlofluanid, chlorothalonil, and pymetrozine) in a simple, fast, and inexpensive method for the determination of pesticides in produce. The method, known as the quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) method for pesticide r...