Cultural management

Ø  Set up of light traps

Ø  Set up sex pheromone traps @ 12/ha

Ø  Cultivate sweet corn varieties with husks well covering the ear-tip.

Ø  Hand pick and destroy larvae before it enters inside the ear

Ø  Two applications of Ha NPV at 10 days interval at 1.5 X10 12 POB along with crude sugar 2.5 kg + cotton seed kernel powder 250 g on the ear heads