Bionomics and management of tobacco caterpillar on capsicum

Capsicum is one of the most popular and highly remunerative vegetable crops grown in most parts of the world for its delicious taste and pleasant flavour. Capsicum cultivation under protected condition is gaining popularity especially coloured hybrids in peri-urban production system because of easy access to urban markets. One of the important limiting factors in the cultivation of capsicum is damage caused by Tobacco caterpillar. The caterpillars of the pest generally defoliate crops in vegetative stage and attack the fruits in fruiting stage under open and protected environment. The present investigation was carried out to study the annual life cycle and the efficacy of some modern insecticides along with biopesticides against the pest. This book would be for paramount importance for the graduate and post-graduate students as well as research scholars of Entomology and Horticulture.