SAFFLOWER APHID   MANAGEMENT THROUGH   BOTANICAL INSECTICIDES

C.P.Mallapir, V.S.Kubsad and U.K.Hulihalli

 Abstract

The experiment conducted over a two-year period (1996-98) at the Agriculture Research Station in Annigeri, India on the utilization of plant products in the management of safflower aphid clearly indicated that the botanical pesticides Neem seed kernel oil extract (5%) and Neem cake extract (5%) were sufficiently effective to manage the pest when compared to chemical insecticides.  Since these plant products are ecologically and environmentally safer and possess better benefit to cost ratio than chemical insecticides, these botanical insecticides may be efficiently utilized in the management of safflower aphid.