Management Of Lepidopteran Pests Of Sesamum With Certain Insecticides Volume-4-Issue-1 M.I.C. PREMDAS*, K.V. HARIPRASAD, K. MANJULA, D. MOHAN REDDY AND P. SUMATHI Management Of Lepidopteran Pests Of Sesamum With Certain Insecticides 1 Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502, Chittoor Dt., Andhra Pradesh , . 1 2Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute , School of Life Science and Technology , Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) , Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) , Jalan Ganesha No. 10 Bandung , Nonthaburi , 11000 , Thailand . 10.22207/JPAM.12.2.01 Volume 1 Issue 1 Abstract

Field studies on management of lepidopteran insect pests of sesame with certain insecticides were carried out during summer 2017 at wet land farm, S. V. Agricultural College, Tirupati. Sesame crop (var., YLM-66) was sown on 7th March 2017 for evaluation of insecticides against sesame pests. Chlorantraniliprole @ 0.3 ml/L was found to be highly effective against Antigastra catalaunalis as well as Acherontia styx.

Keywords Antigastra catalaunalis, Acherontia styx and chlorantraniliprole. References