Cabbage pest control investigations

Abstract

The matelials diazinon 0.05% and 0.1 %, tetrachlorvinphos 0.1 % and methidathion 0.05% used fortnightly gave satisfactory control of cabbage moth Plutella xylostella (L.), cabbage white butterfly Pieris rapae (L.), cabbage centre grub Hellula hydralis Guen., and cabbage cluster caterpillar Crocidolomia binotalis Zell. in three screening trials in southeastern
Queensland.