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| Effect of Different Pesticides against Scale Insect (Coccus Hesperidum) Sucking Insect Pests of Pistachio in District Mastung, Balochistan
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Abdul Fatah, Rehana Karim, Muhammmad Aimal Khan, Dr Abdul Aziz, Zahid Hameed
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Abstract:
Field evaluation of various insecticides was carried out during 2017-18 against different insect pests of pistachio, in district Mastung (Balochistan). The tested pesticides include Superacide, Acetamiprid and Carbosulfan; while winter oil was also kept as a treatment which is commonly applied in the study area and Control was kept to compare the insecticidal efficacies.The efficacy of these pesticides was evaluated against scale insects. The results show that insect pest population was significantly differed on pistachio trees sprayed with different insecticides. On the basis of pre-treatment count, the 1st and 2nd spray efficacy of Acetamiprid against the 1st and 2nd spray efficacy of Carbosulfan was highest (90.50 and 88.71%), followed by Superacide (80.78 and 78.89%), Acetamiprid (62.46 and 60.45%) and winter oil (56.18 and 57.21%). Against scale insects, the 1st and 2nd spray efficacy of winter oil was highest (99.78 and 99.83%), followed by Carbosulfan (52.64 and 49.76%), Acetamiprid (43.54 and 40.01%) and Superacide (36.34 and 38.44%). However,and against scale insects the winter oil showed almost 100 percent efficacies on pistachio. Ranking of insecticides on the basis of efficacy showed that again winter oil and against scale insects winteroil>Carbosulfan>Acetamiprid>Superacide
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