author(s)
Ramakrishna Rao, T Murali Krishna, K Devaki, NP Eswara Reddy and P Sudhakar

abstract
The evaluation of insecticides as foliar spray for the management of thrips and the pooled data of the three seasons (Kharif, 2012) revealed that all the chemicals exhibited significant superiority over untreated control, however the chemical treatments thiacloprid 21.7SC, imidacloprid 200SL and monocrotophos 36WSC showed superiority over rest of the treatments. The mean efficacy of all the insecticides were high in second spray when compared to first spray in terms of per cent foliar damage by thrips. Hence, it could be concluded that spraying of thiacloprid 21.7SC, imidacloprid 200SL and monocrotophos 36 WSC could be recommended to the farmers for effective management of the thrips for enhanced yields in groundnut.