International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research (IJAMR)
  Year: 2019 | Volume: 3 | Issue: 6 | Page No.: 41-48
Efficacy of Neem Product against Major Sucking Pests on Different Okra Varieties under Field Conditions
Enayat Aziz, Ghulam Jilani, Abdul Ghaffar Khoso, Farrukh Asghar, Ameer Uddin, Nadir Ali, Khalil Asghar

Abstract:
Sucking Insect pest pose a heavy threat to vegetable globally. The study was carried out on Efficacy of Neem product against major sucking pests on different okra varieties under field conditions. Repellency of Neem Seed Extract was studied against whitefly on okra plants by free choice method in the green house of the Faculty of Agriculture, LUAWMS. The genotypes okra sown separately had sprayed with Neem Seed Extract against whitefly, jassid, aphid, borer and population of these insect pests and predators was compared on three varieties of okra crop separately sown in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). The population was higher 6.44, 4.99 and 3.64 whiteflies / leaf on okra varieties Anamika, Rani and Rama Krishna respectively on 25th January. The Jassid population was relatively higher 4.97, 4.63 and 3.89 / leaf on Anamika, Rani and Rama Krishna varieties respectively. Similarly, the aphid population was slightly higher 10.93, 10.83 and 8.14 / leaf on Anamika, Rani and Rama Krishna varieties respectively. The predator population was comparatively higher 2.26, 1.64 and 1.76 / plant on Rama Krishna, Rani and Anamika okra varieties respectively on 30th January. Since pest population increased beyond ETL on 25th January. Therefore 2 percent neem seed extract was applied on the crop on 25th January, 09th February and 24th February. These applications kept the pest population below ETL till the last observation on 5th March. Population of predators was not affected significantly by application of 2 percent of neem seed extract because of predators are not phytophagous like other pests.