Syed Ali Ameer, 1Muhammad Raza and Shahid Hussain
Office of the deputy Director Agriculture Skardu
Department of plant protection malir halt Karachi
Agro-climatic condition and soil of Skardu is suitable for all sorts of crops, vegetables, fruits and forest trees deciduous fruits like Apple, Apricot, citrus, pear, peach, plum and grape. Farmers grow vegetables (onion, cabbage, spinach, tomato, carrot and turnip) and field crops wheat and Maize on large scalePotato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the fourth major food crop of the world and it isgaining status of cash crop in Gilgit Baltistan. White grub is most destructive insect pest damaging potato tubers and causes economic loss of Gilgit-Baltistan. The study was conducted with an aim to develop eco-friendly management of white grub. Fermented extracts of four herbs Sophora alopecuroides, Artemisia sieversiana, Peganum harmalla and Tagetes minuta were evaluated against white grub under invtro conditions for two consecutive replication during 2021. The minimum per cent infestation, number of white grubs per plot, yield loss and maximum tuber yield was recorded in plots treated with S. alopecuroides fermented extract and Refree. The fermented extract of S. alopecuroides significantly reduced percent infestation, number of white grub per plot and yield losses as compared to the control plot, however efficacy of the fermented extract of A. sieversiana, P. harmala and T. minuta was significantly low as compared to Refree. Our current lab study indicated that the fermented extract of S. alopecuroides has potential to develop eco-friendly approach for management of white grub and other major insects pest of Skardu.
Insecticidal Potential of mountain base Native Plant Extracts for the Management of major insect pest in Skardu Baltistan organized by IPM Lab skardu
Thank you for sharing. Are these native plants abundant in number? Thank you