Shonga Et Al

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Shonga et al



Greener
Journal of  Agricultural Sciences


Vol. 3 (7), pp.
569-578, July 2013.


 ISSN: 2276-7770 



Research

Paper

Manuscript Number: 061213667

 



Effect of Insecticide Rotation and Mixtures Use for
Resistance Management on Cotton Aphid, Aphis gossypii
Glover (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in Middle Awash Areas
of Ethiopia

 



Ermias Shonga,1* Kemal Ali2 and
Ferdu Azrefegne3

 


1
Entomologiest,
Hawassa Agricultural Research center. 2Entomologist;
Holeta Agicultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute
of Agricultural Research (EIAR). 3Entomologist,
Hawassa University College of Agriculture (HU), Po Box
06, Hawassa, Ethiopia.

 


3
Email:
fazerefegne@ hotmail. com

 


*Corresponding Author‘s Email:


ermishon @ yahoo. com
, Fax: +251462200084,
Tel: +251912011604

Abstract:

A field experiment was conducted at Werer Agricultural
Research Center, Afar region, Ethiopia, to determine the
best insecticide rotation sequence and use of compatible
mixtures in the Insecticide Resistance Management strategy
for cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii. Randomized
Complete Block design having eight treatment combinations
and four replications were used. The parameter assessed were
aphid population at pre and post insecticide application;
and seed cotton yield. In this experiment, four round of
spray application was made by using insecticides from
different chemical class and their mixtures. Using the
modified Abbott’s formula, the percent efficacy was
computed. A highly significant difference (P< 0.001) was
observed among the treatments for post spray counts. In most
of the treatments made during the first round spray, the
aphid population didn’t show a response to the insecticides
applied. But starting the second round, the insecticides
were able to express their potential in reducing aphid
population. In most cases sole treatments were better than
mixtures. However, the mixtures like endosulfan +
carbosulfan and endosulfan + furathiocarb gave better
control of aphid. As the effect of insecticide rotation,
treatment 2 (Carbosulfan, Diafenthiuron, Furathiocarb and
Deltamethrin), 3 (Dimethoate, Carbosulfan, Deltamethrin and
Diafenthiuron) and 5 (Endosulfan, Endosulfan + Carbosulfan,
Deltamethrin and Dimethoate) were the best alternative
combinations of insecticide groups to be used in IRM
strategy. Seed cotton yield was significantly different (P<
0.0001) among treatments. The highest seed cotton yield
(29.84 q/ha) was recorded from treatment 5 (Endosulfan,
Endosulfan* Carbosulfan, Deltamethrin and Dimethoate),
followed by treatment 1(Endosulfan, Carbosulfan,
Deltamethrin and Furathiocarb) and 7 (Furathiocarb
Endosulfan * Furathiocarb, Deltamethrin and Dimethoate) and
yielding 26.29 and 20.47 q/ha, respectively. These findings
point to the fact that, alternative use of insecticides from
different class and using insecticide mititures is the best
option to manage insecticides resistance in cotton aphid.

 
Keywords: Cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii), insecticide
resistance management, Ethiopia.

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