Chemical Control of Tobacco Caterpillar in Cotton

• Spraying synthetic pyrethroids viz., fenvalarate 20 EC @ 0.5 ml/l or cypermethrin 10 EC or decamethrin 2.8 EC @ 0.5 ml/l is also effective.
• For grown up caterpillars, poison bait (Wheat bran, jaggery and monocrotophos @ 20kg + 2kg + 250 ml) can also be used.
• Spray nuvaluron 10 EC @ 1 ml/l or lufenuron 50 EC @ 1 ml/l or lambda cyhalothrin 5 EC @ 0.5 ml/l