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| Effect of Different Pesticides against Thrips Insect (Tabaci Lind.) 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 , thrips. The results show that insect pest population was significantly differed on pistachio trees sprayed with different insecticides. On the basis of pre-treatment count,winter oil (46.85 and 52.72%). Against thrips, 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 thrips 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, against thrips Carbosulfan showed its maximum effectiveness; and against thrips the winter oil showed almost 100 percent efficacies on pistachio. Ranking of insecticides on the basis of efficacy showed that against thrips Carbosulfan> Superacide > Acetamiprid > winter oil
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