The present investigation was carried out to test the efficacy of biorationals against thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood on chilli. Field experiments were conducted at farmers holding

Different guava varieties in farmer’s field at Kovilur village, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, were screened for tea mosquito bug (TMB) Helopeltis antonii incidence. Five varieties were subjected to one month of observation for the incidence during the peak period viz., November- December, 2020. The varietal preference of the evaluated cultivars was- Arka Rashmi, Red Flush, Arka Kiran, Taiwan Red and Lucknow- 49, with resistance ranging from 0.95 to 7.75 TMB/ 15 flush.

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