Management Of Sucking Pests On Watermelon, Citrullus Lanatus (Thunb.Matsumara And Nakai)
 

V. Radhakrishnan^*, K.Natarajan, L.Allwin
Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
Coimbatore, 641 003, (INDIA)

Field experiments were carried out to evaluate the comparative efficacy of certain insecticides and neem seed kernel extract 5 % for the control of sucking pests on watermelon along with the yellow sticky trap. Three applications of dimethoate 30 EC @ 2 ml per litre along with yellow sticky trap was most effective.