author(s)
VR Pateliya, Dr. G M Parmar, DS Kelaiya and RM Vikani

abstract
A field experiment was conducted for the management of shoot fly and stem borer in pearl millet during kharif at Junagadh Agriculture University, Junagadh. The results showed that seed treatment of fipronil + imidacloprid WG @ 2.5 g/kg seed followed by spray of Beauveria bassiana WP @ 0.007% or seed treatment of clothianidin WDG @7.5 g/kg seed followed by spray of B. bassiana WP @ 0.007% recorded lower infestation of shoot fly and stem borer in pearl millet crop. The highest grain yield (2452 kg/ha) was obtained from the seed treatment with clothianidin WDG @ 7.5 g/kg seed followed by spray of B. bassiana WP @ 0.007% and lowest yield of 1663 kg/ha was obtained from the control plot. The highest benefit cost ratio was obtained from the seed treatment of fipronil + imidacloprid WG @ 2.5 g/kg seed followed by spray of B. bassiana WP @ 0.007% (1: 16.19) and seed treatment of clothianidin WDG @ 7.5 g /kg seed followed by spray of B. bassiana WP @ 0.007% (1: 15.35).