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Bio-efficacy of novel chemicals and tribal pesticide-based integrated modules against brown planthopper in rice

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Rice brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål.) is a major menace and cause of significant damage to rice throughout Asian countries. Farmers mostly rely on conventional chemical insecticides to control this pest, however injudicious application of chemicals lead to the problem of insecticide resistance and environmental pollution. Considering the economic importance of BPH a research was conducted during kharif season 2018–2019 to investigate the field-efficacy vis.-a-vis. non-target toxicity and economics of some bio-rational pest management schedules at a BPH biotype 4 endemic location (Burdwan district) of West Bengal, India. Among various treatment schedules, triflumezopyrim (30 g a.i. ha−1), pymetrozine (175 g a.i. ha−1) and sulfoxaflor (30 g a.i. ha−1) in a rotational application with aqueous extract of Jatropha gossypiifolia + cow urine @ 1:1 ratio (3.5%) and aqueous extract of Argemone maxicana + ‘toddy’ @ 1:2 ratio (3.0%) significantly reduced the nymphs and adult populations of BPH. The aforesaid insecticides and indigenous components were also found to be safe to prevailing predatory fauna including Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, Ophionea spp. and spider complex in the field. Though there was a short-term decline in predatory populations after application of insecticides, it started increasing gradually within a week after treatment. Yield of rice significantly increased over control in those treatment schedules during both the years with an incremental cost: benefit ratio of 1:2.62 to 1:3.99. These superior semi-organic modules, as an approach towards “eco-friendly agriculture”, can be an excellent alternative of truly chemical schedules in controlling rice BPH in coming years.

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Acknowledgements

Debashis Roy received the pre-doctoral “Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research” (INSPIRE) fellowship from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi (Award grant number: DST/INSPIRE/03/2016/003092-IF160926). This work was a part of PhD program and financially supported by Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi. The authors are grateful to Assistant Director of Agriculture, Bhatar block, Burdwan, Government of West Bengal for providing meteorological data of the experimental field. Additionally authors are also grateful to American English editor for final editing of the manuscript.

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The study was funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India (Grant No. DST/INSPIRE/03/2016/003092-IF160926).

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  2. Dhaanya Ganga Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Murshidabad, West Bengal, 742408, India

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The work was carried out in collaboration with all authors. Author DR and GC conceived and designed the research work, conducted the laboratory and field experiments and collected data. DR analyzed data and wrote the manuscript. Both the authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Roy, D., Chakraborty, G. Bio-efficacy of novel chemicals and tribal pesticide-based integrated modules against brown planthopper in rice. Int J Trop Insect Sci 42, 203–213 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-021-00534-3

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