author(s)
PV Patil, SA Pawar, RV Kadu and DB Pawar

abstract
An attempt was made to evaluate nine treatments with newer insecticides, botanical and microbial insecticides against fruit borer, H. armigera infesting tomato at farm of Tomato Improvement Project, Department of Horticulture Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth Rahuri, Ahmednagar during the kharif season of 2015-16 and 2016-17. Among nine treatments, chlorantraniliprole 18.5 SC (0.055%) was found most effective against fruit borer followed by spinosad 45 SC (0.018%) and indoxacarb 14.5 SC (0.0145%). Metarhizium anisopliae 1.15 WP (1 X 10⁸ cfu/g) proved least effect followed by HaNPV (250 LE/ha) and Beauveria bassiana 1.15 WP (1 X 10⁸ cfu/g). The treatments of emamectin benzoate 5 SG (0.002%), profenofos 50 EC (0.05%) and azadirachtin 10,000 ppm observed in middle order of their efficacy. All the insecticides significantly increased the yield of marketable fruits of tomato over control. The maximum yield (444.84 q ha-¹) was recorded in chlorantraniliprole followed by spinosad (437.15 q ha-¹) and indoxacarb (431.76 q ha-¹). The minimum yield was observed in Metarhizium anisopliae (312.75 q ha-¹) followed by HaNPV (319.90 q ha-¹).