17 February 2024, New Delhi: The spray schedule for the control of Insects and Pest of Apple for 2024 has been released by the Department of Horticulture, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, and Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, District Solan (H.P.).
S. No.
Tree Stage
Name of Chemical
Quantity of Chemical for 200 L of water
Control of pests
1.
Half-inch Green Tip
Horticulture Mineral Oil
4 l
Sanjose scale & mite
2.
Pink Bud
Thiacloprid
100 ml
Thrips
3.
Petal fall
Spiromesifen or Cyenopyrafen 30%SC or Hexythiazox Oxy-demeton methyl Malathion*
60 ml 50 ml 200 ml 200 ml 200 ml
Mites Sanjose scale Aphid
4.
Fruit Development (Walnut Size)
Fenzaquin or Propargite or Horticulture Mineral Oil
50 ml 200 ml 2 l
Mites
5.
Fruit Development (20 days after 4th spray)
Hexythiazox or Spiromesifen or Propargite 42% + Hexythiazox 2% EC or Cyenopyrafen 30%SC
200 ml 60 ml 200 ml 50 ml
Mites
6.
Fruit Development (20 days after 5th spray)
Fenzaquin or Propargite
50 ml 200 ml
Mites
7.
Pre harvest (20- 25 days before harvest)
Malathion* Oxy-demeton methyl
200 ml 200 ml
Aphid Sanjose scale
8.
After harvest
Chlorpyriphos*
400 ml
Woolly Apple Aphid
Note:-
* The pesticides are proposed to be banned viz. Captan, Ziram, Mancozeb, Carbendazim, Thiophanate methyl, Zineb, Malathion & Chlorpyriphos by the Government vide Gazette Notification No. CG-DL-E-18052020-219423, Extraordinary
