Screening of Some Foliar Chemical Insecticides against White Fly ( Bemisia tabaci) on Tomato at Metema District, North Gondar, Ethiopia

Abstract

Tomato is one of the vegetable crops growing in Ethiopia and important cash crops for small scale growers with a potential for increasing incomes in rural areas, improving the living standards and creating employment opportunities for women and youth. Vegetables in tropical countries are the crops which are often attacked most seriously by arthropod pests. Among the major insect pests, white flies, one of a serious leaf-sucking pest, cause direct damage to plants by sucking plant sap. The experiment was conducted in farmer’s field with supplementary irrigation at Aftete-Kumer locality in Metema District since 2011/12 to select effective foliar insecticide for white fly control. The experiment was initiated with 5 treatments such as 4 foliar insecticides and control. Foliar chemical insecticides such as Ethiosulfan 35% EC, Ethiothoate 40% EC, Ethiolathion 50% EC and Metasystox 250% EC were used with rate of 2, 1.5, 1.5 and 0.9 milliliter per plot respectively and arranged by using RCBD with three replications.