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Novel insecticides for the management of shoot fly, Atherigona approximata Malloch (Diptera: Muscidae): an emerging insect pest of wheat in India

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Shoot flies (Atherigona spp.) are the members of muscidae family which have got economic importance as pest of several crops of Gramineae family mainly cereals and millets. One of the most effective management strategies for controlling shoot fly is the use of novel insecticides either as seed dressers, soil applicators or as foliar treatment. Under the field condition, seed treatment with thiamethoxam 30 FS @ 5 ml/kg seed followed by a spray of cypermethrin 10 EC @ 0.5 ml/l has recorded least shoot fly oviposition (0.84 and 0.94 eggs/plant), dead heart (8.90% and 9.96%), more per cent productive tillers (79.68% and 79.50%), grain yield (32.22 and 31.27 q/ha) and BC ratio (2.05 and 1.99) as compared to the rest of the combinations during the investigation in rabi, 2019–20 and 2020–21, respectively. Under the changing climate where, the minor insect pests attaining major pest status, the present investigation would help the policy makers to reduce the losses caused by shoot fly infestation significantly by using an effective above-mentioned chemical treatment combination that can be integrated in future IPM modules.

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The authors wish to thank Dr. Prabhu C. Ganiger, Entomologist, PC Unit, AICRP on small millets, ZARS, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru–India for his collaborative work on identification of shoot fly species.

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  1. Department of Agricultural Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

    Suresh R. Jambagi, D. N. Kambrekar & C. P. Mallapur

  2. Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

    V. Rudra Naik

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All the authors contributed to the study where, first author was Post-Graduate student who conducted the experiment while, second author was advisory committee chairman and rest of the two authors were the members of advisory committee of the student and actively involved in analysis and manuscript preparation.

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Jambagi, S.R., Kambrekar, D.N., Mallapur, C.P. et al. Novel insecticides for the management of shoot fly, Atherigona approximata Malloch (Diptera: Muscidae): an emerging insect pest of wheat in India. Int J Trop Insect Sci 43, 989–998 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01005-7

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