Swati Sharma*, Ashish Kumar Sharma
Department of entomology IGKV, Raipur
Received-05.03.2015, Revised-24.03.2015
Abstract: Damselfly is a dominant predator in rice fields. Indiscriminate use of insecticides leads to environmental pollution, annihilation of natural enemies rendering to secondary pest resurgence. To find out the influence of certain new insecticides Alika 247 ZC@33g.a.i./ha is safer for Damselfly and application of Furadan 3G@1000 g.a.i/ha, Dursban 10G@1250 g.a.i./ha and Phorate 10G@100 g.a.i/ha were found harmful to damselfly.
Keywords: Damselfly, Newer insecticides
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