2024, Vol. 7, Special Issue 2

author(s)
Vinay Kumar MM, PS Ajjappalavar, Ravikumar B, M Abdul Kareem, M Narayana Bhat, S Vennila and Ajay Kumar Singh

abstract
IPM trial in chilli was carried out in seven acres for three successive years during 2020 to 2022 at Devihosur, Karnataka. IPM interventions of bio-pesticides, traps and lures, border crop with maize, planting marigold/flowering plants and application of need based chemical pesticides helped in bringing down fruit borers, sucking pests and major diseases to increase the crop yield at Devihosur, Haveri, Karnataka. Observations on pest population and leaf curl index was recorded in weekly interval. Seasonal average (2020, 2021 and 2022) of thrips population was recorded 1.38 and 1.77 thrips/leaf, 0.56 and 0.85 mites/leaf, 0.63 and 0.8 aphids/leaf, 2.4 and 3.01 damaged fruit/plant similarly 24.16% and 30.8% murda complex disease were recorded from IPM and non IPM plots respectively. Were as natural enemy population also found higher number in IPM plot as compared to non IPM plot (0.5, 0.29 Coccinellids/plant and 0.52, 0.34 Spider/plant from IPM and non IPM respectively). B: C ratio recorded 1.68 and 1.46 from IPM and non IPM respectively.