author(s)
AK Gupta

abstract
The cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) is a member of the Anacardiaceous floral family. Cashew industry provides employment to more than 5 lakh people in farms and factories most of them in the rural areas. Among the various production constraints identified, the cashew stem and root borer, Plocaederus ferrugineus L is the most serious pest of cashew as its damage results in death of trees. Field experiment was conducted during 2015-16 to 2017-18 on old plantation of cashew variety, Vengurle-4 at farmer’s field of village Bakawand, distt. Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) to evaluate the efficacy of different curative treatments using chemical against cashew stem and root borer (CSRB). Treatments were applied after removal of the grubs in the stem and root zone. On the basis of mean percent trees without re-infestation of cashew stem and root borer during respective years revealed that Chlorpyriphos 20 EC @ 0.2% lead to maximum recovery of 69.75 percent tree without re- infestation followed by Fipronil @ 0.2%. So, Chlorpyriphos 20 EC @ 0.2% found better for the control of cashew stem and root borer.