Evaluation of different modules against major pests of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
SA Pawar, AA Boraste, MN Bhalekar and RV Datkhile
An experiment was conducted during kharif 2018 for evaluation of different modules against major pests of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). During the course of study, three pest management modules viz., Chemical, Bio-intensive and IPM module consisting spraying of different pesticides as well as biopesticides were evaluated with untreated control in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with five replications. The studies on evaluation of pest management modules for major pests of cucumber revealed that in for control of thrips, whitefly and aphids IPM module observed 4.31 thrips, 3.80 whitefly and 3.90 aphids/3 leaves/plant, respectively.
Whereas, in case of leaf miner and fruit fly, the IPM module was significantly superior module and observed 21.15% damaged leaves and 10.84% damaged fruits, respectively.
Effect of different strategies on predatory coccinellids showed that the Bio-intensive module recorded the highest grub population per plant (3.85 grubs/plant) and was at par with the IPM module which recorded 3.36 grubs/plant indicating their relative safety to the grubs of lady bird beetles. The highest yield of cucumber fruits 230q/ha was registered from the IPM module with highest ICBR 1:13.86 as against 160 q/ha in untreated control.
SA Pawar, AA Boraste, MN Bhalekar, RV Datkhile. Evaluation of different modules against major pests of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). J Entomol Zool Stud 2019;7(6):1032-1036.