• Defoliation in the nursery

Identification of the pest:

• Egg: Lays cluster of reddish brown eggs on the lower portion of young plants
• Larva: Brownish green with wavy lines in dorsal surface and lateral yellow stripes
• Pupa: Pupates in the soil in earthen cocoons
• Adult: Brown moth with white hindwings

• Remove weeds and stubbles after harvesting
• Avoid green manure and apply FYM to prevent cutworm egg laying
• Spray quinalphos 20 EC@2 lit/ha or phoshalone 35 EC @1.25 lit/ha
• Use Steinernema carpocapsae entomopathogenic nematode or Beauveria bassiana fungi at emergenge of cutworm.
• Before one week of sowing, apply Bacillus thuringenesis + Rice husk in main field to control cutworm
• Release Trichogramma parasitoid weekly once for 3 weeks continuously to control cutworm eggs