Efficacy of Pyrethroids and Some Conventional Insecticides Against Earias vitella in Okra

Efficacy of 10 insecticides (deltaraethrin, cypermethrin, permethrin, fenvalerate, phosphamidon, monocrotophos, quinalphos, dimethoate, malathion, and carbaryi) was assessed against Okra shoot and fruit borer, Earias vitella Fabr. during kharif 19&7 and 1988. On the basis of shoot and fruit infestation and yield, fenvalerate 0.015% was most effective. Monocrotophos 0.04%, phosphamidon 0.03%, and quinalphps 0.03%, malathion 0.10%, and carbaryl 0.10% were least effective in controlling the fruit borer.