Efficacy of Different Biopesticides and Insecticides against Guava Fruit Fly (Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel)
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The present investigation entitled “Efficacy of Different Biopesticides and Insecticides against Guava Fruit Fly (Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel)” was carried out at Horticulture Farm, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur, during the Kharif, 2024. The overall mean fruit damage values after first and second spray confirmed the superior efficacy of Spinosad 45% SC, which recorded the lowest fruit damage of (19.18%). It was followed by T6: Spinetoram 11.7 SC with (21.22%) fruit damage and T2: Lambda-cyhalothrin5% EC with 23.60 per cent fruit damage. Moderate levels of control were observed in biopesticide treatments, such as T5: Azadirachtin 10000 PPM with 27.16 per cent fruit damage, T3: Metarhizium anisopliae with 28.23 per cent, and T1: Beauveria bassiana with 29.83 per cent fruit damage. The highest pooled mean fruit damage was recorded in the untreated check (T7), which recorded 43.57 per cent.
Authors: Dinesh Dangi, MK Mahala, Hemant Swami, S Ramesh Babu, Vishaka Dhakad
Language: English
Subfield: Insect Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411355936