author(s)
SN Bhojane, VS Desai, PS Wade, VN Jalgaonkar, SM Wankhede and SD Desai

abstract
The field experiment on ‘Management of major pests infesting rice (Oryza sativa L.) using botanicals’ was conducted during kharif season of 2018 at Agronomy farm, College of Agriculture, Dapoli. Three sprays of botanicals were undertaken against yellow stem borer, blue beetle and leaf folder at 15 days intervel. The results for yellow stem borer revealed that the Azadirachtin 10000 ppm (1%) @ 3 ml/liter was found to be most effective which recorded (2.57%) dead hearts per hill compared to untreated control (8.87%).For blue beetle, nirgudi leaf extract (10%) @ 100 g/liter was found most effective treatment which recorded (2.46%) infested leaves per hill compared to untreated control (7.67%). For leaf folderAzadirachtin 10000 ppm (1%) @ 3 ml/liter was found most effective treatment which recorded (5.35%) infested leaves per hill compared to untreated control (12.99%).