DAATTC, Tornala- Awareness cum training programme on PBW management in cotton on 22-08-2023

DAATTC, Tornala Scientists attended training programme on Pink bollworm management in Cotton of LDC in collaboration with Deshmukh foundation on 22.08.2023 at Rythu Vedika in Pandilla village, Husnabad mandal, Siddipet district. During the programme, Sri J. Vijay, Coordinator, DAATTC, Tornala explained about IPM practices and farmers were advised to install pheromone traps @ 4/acre in cotton for monitoring of pink bollworm. If each trap catch is more than 5-8 adult moths for three consecutive days, farmers were recommended to spray insecticides like Emamectin benzoate @ 0.5g/lit or Indoxacarb @ 1.0 ml/lit or Spinosad @ 0.4ml/lit or Spinetoram @ 0.9ml/lit. Dr. Ch. Pallavi explained about the nutrient management and fertilizer schedule in cotton. After that, interacted with farmers and clarified their doubts about pest and disease management in cotton. In this programme, Dr. N. Venkateshwar Rao (PC, KVK, Jammikunta), Sri. D. Lakshmi Narayana (Territory Manager, Bayer crop Sciences), Sri. S. Prem Sathish (Project Coordinator, Deshmukh foundation), Sri. C. Akhilesh, (Agronomist, LDC), Sri. V. RajaShekharam (Regional manager, Bayer), Sri. P. Mahesh (ADA-Husnabad), Sri. M. Nagaraju, (MAO-Husnabad), Sushma, AEO, Sri. T. Ramesh (Sarpanch) and farmers a total of 120 members were participated.