RT Journal T1 COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF SOME NEONICOTINOIDS AND TRADITIONAL INSECTICIDES ON SUCKING INSECT PESTS AND THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES ON BT-121 COTTON CROP A1 S. Ahmed A1 1M. S. Nisar A1 M. M. Shakir A1 M. Imran A1 K. Iqbal JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences JO JAPS SN 1018-7081 VO 24 IS 2 SP 660 OP 663 YR 2014 FD 2014/04/01 DO DOI NA AB

An experiment was conducted to determine efficacy of four neonicotinoids viz; nitenpyram 10SL, thiacloprid 480SC, imidacloprid 200SL, acetamaprid 20SL and four traditional insecticides such as profenofos 50EC, methidathion 40EC, bifenthrin 10EC, λ-cyhalothrin  2.5EC at their recommended field doses against sucking insect pests of cotton and their natural enemies on cotton variety Bt-121 at a farmers’ field in Multan. The data on post spray number of insect per leaf was taken to find difference among treatments. The results showed that nitenpyram, thiacloprid and imidacloprid were safer to natural enemies and toxic for the sucking pests as compared to conventional insecticides. The range of percent survival of the green lacewings (42.5-87.5 and 37.5-57.5), lady bird beetle (50.0-60.0 and 26.6-46.6) and pirate bug (28.0-60.0 and 24.0-57.0) was in neonicotinoids and conventional insecticide treated plots, respectively. The use of neonicotinoids for compatibility into integrated pest management is discussed.

K1 predators, OPs, pyrethroids, neonicotinoids, sucking insects, Bt cotton, field PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2014-JAPS-92