Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
Cabbage semilooper (Thysanoplusia orichalcea)
Symptoms
- Larvae cause the damage by biting round holes into the leaves
- Scrabbing of leaves initially and defoliation
Management
- The caterpillars should be hand-picked and destroyed.
- Spray 20 gram bird pepper (kandari) extract in 1 litre cow's urine and 10 litre of water.
- Set up light trap @1/ha
- Spray tobacco decoction.
- Spray Beauveria bassiana (20 g/litre of water).
- Conserve parasitoids like Cotesia glomeratus.
- NSKE @ 4.0 % and Bt @ 500g/ha are also effective
Chemical Control
| Sl.No | Generic Name | Trade Name | Color code | Dosage/litre | Knapsack Sprayer (Capacity 10L) | Recommendation | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dosage/acre (200 L) | Dosage/hectare (500 L) | |||||||
| 1 | Malathion 50 EC | Agromala, Agromala Malathion, Celthion, Hilmala, Kthion, Malaacid, Simala Milthion, Tagthion Malamar, Thisol | Blue | 2 ml/litre of water | 20 ml | 400 ml | 1000 ml | - |
| 2 | Quinalphos 25 EC | Agroquin, Anuphos, Guin Guard Tagquin, H.LX, Hilquin Geelux, Kinalaux Exalux, Krilux, Quinaswan Flash, Quincid Starlux, Rambalux Quinolux | Yellow | 2 ml/litre of water | 20 ml | 400 ml | 1000 ml | - |
Extremely Toxic
Highly Toxic
Moderately Toxic
