Chemical management
- Application
of dust and sprays of pyrethrum or BHC
- Spray
fenthion 100 EC @ 2 ml/ lit or malathion 50 EC @ 2 ml/lit.
- Methyl eugenol traps:
Prepare bait with methyl
eugenol 1% solution mixed with malathion 0.1%. Take 10 ml of this mixture
per trap and keep them in 25 different places in one hectare between 6 a.m. and
8 a.m. Take 250 ml capacity wide
mouthed bottle fitted with hanging device at its neck. Change the solution at
fortnightly interval from March to July.