Kharif crop

Shoot

Seed treatment

Veterinary medicine

Agronomy

Biology

Germination

Forensic science

Horticulture

Pesticide

Infestation

Imidacloprid

Muscidae

Sorghum

Quinalphos

Monocrotophos

Toxicology

Botany

Chemical control

Medicine

Field experiment

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

A field experiment was conducted at sorghum research unit, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (MH) during kharif 2014, 2015 and 2016. Based on total number of seedlings and seedlings showing dead hearts symptom recorded after spraying conclude that all the treatments showed significant difference in reducing shoot fly infestation. For getting higher grain yield and incremental cost benefit, seed treatment with imidacloprid 70 WS @ 10 ml/kg seed followed by quinalphos 25 % EC spray @ 20 ml/10 lit water 15 days after emergence was found significantly most effective followed by seed treatment with imidacloprid 70 WS @ 10 ml/kg seed and imidacloprid 48 FS @ 12 ml/kg seed followed by quinalphos 25 % EC spray @ 20 ml/10 lit water 15 days after emergence were recommended.

Management of Shoot Fly, Atherigona soccata (Diptera: Muscidae) in Kharif Sorghum in Vidarbha