Assessment of the safety of plant-based products and microbial insecticides on beneficial natural enemies of rice pests

The current study Comparative bio-efficacy of plant derivatives and microbial insecticides against major insect pests of rice crop was carried out at the instructional cum research farm at college of agriculture and research station Kanpa, Mahasamund (C.G.). In bio-safety evaloverall mean of three spray indicates that among the different plant derivatives and microbial insecticides maximum population of Lady Bird Beetles recorded in Bitter gourd leaf Extract-Neem Oil-Bacillus thuringiensis (3.07%). All plant derivatives and microbial insecticides are safer treatment against the Lady Bird Beetles and lowest population recorded in Chlorantraniliprole plot (1.86%).