Cultural management
- Regular monitoring and surveillance.
- Collection and destruction of the larvae and infested leaves.
- Larval parasitoids Apanteles plutellae, A. ruficrus, Brachymeria sp.
- Application of B. t @1g/lit
- Installing pheromone trap @5/ac. to monitor the moth activity
- Collection and careful destruction of the larvae at gregarious stage at least twice a week
- Conserve Cotesia plutellae, as it is an important parasitoid for diamond back moth. Diadegma insulare is also the most important parasitoid of the diamond back moth