Field evaluation of various biopesticides viz., Beauveria bassiana, Isaria fumosorosea NBAIR pfu-5, Metarhizium anisopliae, Lecanicillium lecanii, azadirachtin and soapnut powder were carried out against coconut invasive Rugose Spiraling Whitefly (RSW), Aleurodicus rugioperculetus Martin at Ramachandrapuram Ambajipeta (Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema district, AP) during 2020-21 2021-22. Pooled data a...

Neem oil (margosa oil) is deep yellow colored with an unpleasant taste and smell and is an extract of the seed of the Neem tree (Azadirachta indica A. Juss), native to India but now widely distributed throughout Indo-Malaysia. Modes of consumption are usually accidental or by nasal instillation for the common cold in children as a traditional practice. Rarely is ingestion suicidal. Even small d...

Use of molluscicides in the attractant food pellet (AFP) is an effective method of snail control. Different concentrations of these molluscicides viz. Azadirachta indica bark powder, Allium sativum bulb powder, Polianthes tuberosa bulb powder, Annona squamosa seed powder, their active components azadirachtin, allicin, hecogenin, acetogenin; herbal molluscicide pestoban and a synthetic m...