Cultural Management

  • Plough the soil to expose and kill the pupae
  • Grow castor along border and irrigation channel as trap crop
  • Flood the field to drive out the hibernating larvae
  • Set up light trap @ 1/ha
  • Install Pheromone traps  @15/ha to attract male moths
  • Hand pick grown up larvae and kill them
  • Spray Sl NPV @ 1.5 X 10 12 POBs/ ha + 2.5 Kg crude sugar + 0.1 % teepol