Evaluation of six granular insecticides for the control of arecanut spindIe bug, Carvalhoia arecae Miller and China in the field

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SIX granular insecticides VIZ. lindane 60, carbaryl+ lindane 4 : 40, carbaryl 40, mephosfolan 50, thiodemeton 50 and quinalphos 50 were tested in the field against the spindle bug, Canalhoia arecae Miiler and China on arecanut palm. All the insecticides effected control of the pest. However, quinalphos was superior to mephosfolan and thiodemeton.

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Pesticides,13(8),pp50-51

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