Cultural control

  •     Set up of light traps.
  •     Set up sex pheromone traps @ 12/ha.
  •     Cultivate sweet corn varieties with husks well covering the ear-tip.
  •     Hand picks and destroys larvae before it enters inside the ear.
  •     Two applications of Ha NPV at 10 days interval at 1.5X10   12 POB along with crude sugar 2.5 kg + cotton seed kernel powder 250 g.