Field studies were carried out for the control of cotton mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley)
during July 2015-16, at new developmental farm of the University of Agriculture Peshawar-Pakistan in
RCBD arrangements with five treatments i.e. Movento, Confidor, Actara, Tobacco and Neem extract. IR-
1524 variety of cotton was grown for investigating mealybug infestation as the population of mealybug
started proliferating we applied treatments. Results indicated that maximum mortalities was observed
after 72 hours of application Memento Energy 240 Sc caused highest mortality of 92.96% followed by
Confidor 200 O-Teq, Actara® 25WG, Tobacco Extract @ 2.00 % and Neem Extract @ 2.00 % 57.2%,
51.32% and 45.03% and 29.76 % respectively. Neem and Tobacco Extracts showed considerable
mortalities of cotton mealybug with edge of having environment friendly, and safe for natural enemies,
humans and other animals but low as compared to the synthetic insecticides which have ill effects on
environment and natural enemies.