Efficacy of the Insecticides flonicamid (WG, %50), pirimicarb (WP, %50), palizin and pymetrozine (WG, %50) on the Cotton Aphid, Aphis gossypii, under Greenhouse Conditions

The Melon Aphid, Aphis gossypii, is a key pest of greenhouse cultivated cucumber which is economically important due to its wide host-range and cosmopolitan status. Due to its high potential for evolving resistant biotypes against insecticides, it is necessary to test and present new insecticides against it. This research was conducted in the greenhouses of Tehran and Yazd provinces, based on a completely randomized design with 6 treatments and 4 replications. Treatments  included pirimicarb (WP 50%)  at the rate of 1/1000 L, flonicamide (Teppeki ® WG 50%)  at the rate of 0.2/1000 L and 0.25/1000 L, pymetrozine (Chess ® WG 50%)  at the rate of 0.5/1000 L, palizin insecticide soap  at the rate of 2.5/1000 L and control (water spray). The sampling was done one day before the treatment and 3, 7 and 14 days after the treatment. Analysis of variance of data was performed by SAS software and means were compared using Duncan multiple range Test. On the third day after treatment, the mean efficacy of Teppeki (0.2/1000 L), pirimicarb, pymetrozine, Teppeki (0.25/1000 L) and palizin was 97.83%, 87.7%, 82.43%, 90.53% and 76.94%, respectively. On the seventh day after treatment, the highest and the lowest efficacies were observed in Teppeki (0.25/1000 L) and palizin treatments, which were 92.27% and 38.7%, respectively.   The mean efficacy in Yazd province, on the third day after treatment was 90.25%, 79.66%, 86.28%, 88.74% and 75.25% for Teppeki (0.2/1000 L), Teppeki (0.25/1000 L), pirimicarb, pymetrozine, palizin, respectively. In general, the new insecticide, Teppeki, has an acceptable efficacy against this pest in the greenhouse.