International Journal of Plant & Soil Science

The All India Coordinated Research Project Sesame Centre, College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Tikamgarh (M.P.) conducted a field experiment in 2017 kharif season using a Randomised block design to examine the effects of several IPM modules on the control of the main sesame insect pest. The experiment was set up using a Randomized Block Design with three replications, six treatments, and 21.6 M² plots for each, using the sesame variety modrate resistant TKG -22 as the test variety. All of the plots' seeds were treated with imidacloprid 600 (5g/kg seed), and all plots except for the control were intercropping with black gram (3:3) and yellow sticky trap (1 trap/plot). Profenofos 50EC (2ml/L), NSKE5% (T1 and T2), two sprays of NSKE5% + NSKE 5%, Profenofos 0.1% (2ml/l)+ NSKE 5%, and Profenofos 0.1% were used as the treatment, with the untreated control side receiving no treatment. The results showed that treated areas with insecticides outperformed untreated areas by a significant margin. Of the treatments, treatment T5 (imidacloprid 600FS (5g/kg seed) foliar spray of NSKE5% at 30 & profenofos 0.11% (2ml/l)45 DAS) was the most effective and recorded the lowest population of Antigashtra (0.17) larvae/5plant). Bud flies were greatly diminished, and the populations of the three main sucking pests—mirid bugs (0.24 bugs per three leaves/plant), white flies (0.48 Nymphs per three leaves/plant were at their lowest. In T5 (imidacloprid 600FS (5g/kg seeds + intercropping with black gram 3:3) foliar srpray of NSKE5% at 30, & profenofos 0.1% (2ml/l), the seed equivalent yield was also greatly increased. 45 DAS had the highest seed equivalent yield of 1176 kg/ha, the highest net profit of Rs. 78667, and the highest B:C ratio (6.11); T4 had the highest seed equivalent yield of 1075 kg/ha, the  net profit of Rs.70297, and the highest B:C ratio (5.48).