Seed treatment with carbosulfan (Marshal 25 DS) for effective control of sucking pests in cotton

摘要

Field experiments conducted during kharif 98-99 proved that seed treatment with carbosulfan 25 DS ~A 50 gram per kg of delinted cotton seed at the time of sowing was found to control very effectively the sucking pests upto 40 days after sowing, compared to two rounds of foliar spray with systemic insecticides viz., Dimethoate, Acephate and Monocrotophos.