Management of Thrips in Mango cv. Chinnarasam

Mango (Mangifera indica) is one of the most favoured fruit across the globe including India which is also known as king of fruits. In India, Andhra Pradesh is one of the major mango growing state along with Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Gujarat. Among different varieties of mango grown in AP, cv. Chinnarasam is the most popular and premium variety fetching high profits to the farmers especially in and around Nuzvid, Krishna district. Mango is often infested with sucking pests like thrips and hoppers along with rise in lepidopteran pests over the decade. Among sucking pests, thrips pose significant damage resulting in serious economic losses to the farmers. In view of this, research experiment was planned during 2021-2023 at Mango research station, Nuzvid with RBD design with 10 treatments and 3 replications with two trees per replication on mango variety, Chinnarasam and the results revealed that, among ten treatments evaluated against thrips in mango, var. Chinnarasam, T5 treatment i.e Spinosad 45% SC @ 0.25 ml/L with 5.9 and 5.8 thrips/panicle and 69 and 53 percent reduction in comparison to control after 7 days after treatment followed by T4 treatment i.e Karanj extract @ 1.5 ml/L with 8.2 and 6.2 thrips/panicle and 57 percent reduction in comparison to control and were found to be best in controlling the thrips population followed by T3 treatment i.e Azadirachtin 10,000 ppm @ 2ml/L with 41 and 45 percent reduction in comparison to control compared to all the treatments evaluated against thrips in mango.