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AQUEOUS EXTRACTS EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT PLANT PARTS OF Parthenium hysterophorus (L.) AGAINST OKRA SUCKING INSECT PESTS IN VIVO CONDITIONS

. Asad Ullah, Nadia Saeed, Abdur Rahman, Shehzad Zareen, Irum Gul, Azaz Ahmad, Uzair Ahmad, Javaid Iqbal, Anum Riaz, Zaheer Abbas, Fawad Khan & Ejaz Un Nabi


Abstract

Study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of different plant parts of the Parthenium hysterophorus in comparison with confidor 20% SL (Imidacloprid) against the sucking pests of okra crop. The experiment was performed with RCBD at the Agriculture Research Institute Tarnab, Peshawar, during 2020 with five different treatments, each treatment was replicated three times. The results revealed that maximum control in aphids infestation was recorded in confidor (4.95 plant-1) treated plot while minimum was recorded in parthenium stem extract (19.28 plant-1) over the control treated plot (19.66 plant-1). Similarly, highest control in whiteflies infestation were also recorded in confidor (4.69 plant-1) while minimum was recorded in parthenium leaf extract (10.11 plant-1) over the control plot (25.71 plant-1). In case of jassids infestation, maximum control was also observed in confidor treated plot (2.76 plant-1) while minimum infestation was recorded by parthenium leaf extract (4.71 plant-1) over control plot (10.71 plant-1). As from the result of okra cultivar, it is obvious that confidor treatment significantly given maximum output (1196.7 kg ha-1) whereas minimum yield was observed in control plot (526.7 kg ha-1).

 Keywords: Abelmoschus esculentus, aphids, confidor, jassids, Parthenium hysterophorus, whiteflies     

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