CIB & RC provides ad-hoc approval for Fall Army Worm
19 July 2021, New Delhi, IN: CIB & RC provides ad-hoc approval for Fall Army Worm up to 31st December 2021 in India. This was the 429th CIB & RC meeting (Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee) that was held under the Chairmanship of Dr. S. K. Malhotra, Agriculture Commissioner & Chairman, Registration Committee.10 Molecules were given Ad-hoc approval for Fall Army Worm up to 31st of December 2021.
Below is the list of molecules / agrochemicals approved for the control of Fall Armyworm in India:
| Sr. No | Sr. Molecule No. | Dose/ha (ml/g.a.i.) |
| 1 | Chlorantraniliprole 9.3% + Lambda-cyhalothrin 4.6% ZC | 35 (23.42 + 11.58) g.a.i/ha |
| 2 | Cyantraniliprole 19.8% + Thiamethoxam 19.8% FS | 2.38 g.a.i/kg seed (1.19+1.19) |
| 3 | Spinetoram 11.7% w/w SC | 30 g.a.i/ha |
| 4 | Chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC | 40 g.a.i/ha |
| 5 | Emamectin benzoate 5 % SG | 200 g a.i./ha |
| 6 | Emamectin benzoate 5% + Lufenuron 40% WG | 36 g.a.i/ha |
| 7 | Thiodicarb 75% WP | 750 g.a.i/ha |
| 8 | Novaluron 5.25% + Emamectin benzoate 0.9% w/w SC | 78.75+13.5 g.a.i/ha |
| 9 | Bio-pesticide as below -Metarhizium anisopliae, Metarhizium rileyi (Nomuraea rileyi), Beauveria bassiana, Verticillium lecanii | 1 × 108 CFU/g @ 5 g/litre whorl application. Repeat after 10 days if required. |
| 10 | Bacillus thuringiensis ver. Kurstaki, NPV | @ 2 g/l (or) 400 g/acre. |
