Cultural management

Destruction of plants, crop residues and alternative weed hosts which harbour pests in off season
Collection and destruction of infested shoots, squares and bolls and the fallen material.
Adopting crop rotation
Deep ploughing in summer
Inter cultivation with sorghum, greengram, cluster bean, jowar etc.
Setting of pheromone traps @ 12/ha
Conservation and use of natural enemies like Trichogramma evanescens which parasitises the eggs and Bracon lefroyi, B. greeni, B. hebetor, B. brevicornis, Apanteles sp and Elasmus sp which parasitise the larval stage and Chelonus and Chalcis species that parasitise pupal stages.
Release of first instar larvae of Chrysoperla sp.@ 1,00,000/ha
The parasitoid activity in the field should be carefully assessed before the insecticidal application
ETL: 10% infested shoots / squares / bolls
Bacillus thuringiensis serovar kurstaki (3a, 3b, 3c) 5%WP 750- 1000 g/ha
Growing trap crops @ 100 plants/ acre.

-Okra (bhendi) against spotted bollworm moths.