author(s)
Atif Shahzad, Muhammad Ahsan Khan, Muhammad Ashfaq, Jam Nazir Ahmed, Muhammad Zahid, Faiz-u-l Mustafa and Rizwan Baloch

abstract
A field experiment was conducted at research area of entomology department, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad to compare effectiveness of botanical extracts and chemical pesticides against two major pests of Okra, Dysdercus cingulatus F. and Amrasca biguttula I. The experiment consisted of 5 treatments two botanical extracts (Eucalyptus and Naas boo) in 10% concentrated solution and two synthetic chemicals (Lambda cyhalothrin and Bifenthrin) in 6% concentrated solution compared with control. Experiment was conducted in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with 3 replications. Pests data were collected at an interval of 24hrs, 3days, 7days and 11 days after application of treatments. Collected data was subjected to statistical analysis with the aid of fisher’s analysis of variance (ANOVA) and means of applied treatments were compared by using least significant difference (LSD). Data analysis revealed that eucalyptus and bifenthrin controlled maximum with 65% mortality rate as compared to naas boo and lambdacyhalothrin with a 35% mortality rate. It witnessed that pest population remained under economic injury level till 11 days. It is deduced from the results that reliance on pesticides successfully can be reduced by adding botanical extracts in pest control measures.