Management of sucking pests in cucurbitaceae crops

  • In the cucurbitaceae family, mainly bottle gourd, bitter gourd, sponge gourd, ridge gourd, pumpkin, pointed gourd, ash gourd and cucumber etc. come in this category.

  • Due to the changes in the weather, these crops are affected by sucking insects like thrips, aphids, jassids, mites, whitefly etc. All these pests cause a lot of damage to the crop by sucking the sap from the leaves. It is necessary to manage them at the right time.

  • For thrips management use Profenofos 50 % EC @ 500 ml or Acephate 75 %SP @ 300 gm or Lambda Cyhalothrin 4.9 % CS @ 200 ml or Fipronil 5% SC @ 400 ml/acre.

  • For Aphid/ jassid management use Acephate 50 %+ Imidacloprid 1.8 %SP @ 400 gm or Acetamiprid 20 % SP @ 100 gm or Imidacloprid 17.8% SL @ 100 ml/acre.

  • For white fly management use Diafenthiuron 50 % WP @ 250 gm or Flonicamid 50% WG @ 60 gm or Acetamiprid 20 % SP @ 100 gm/acre. 

  • For Mites management use Propargite 57% EC @ 400 ml or Spiromesifen 22.9% SC @ 250 ml or Abamectin 1.9 % EC @ 150 ml/acre. 

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