3.1 Effect of insecticides on onion thrips
The efficacy percent of treatments were observed after 24, 48, and 72 hours for their mortality and the results were
presented in (table 1). All of the insecticides and botanicals were promised control of onion thrips at various degrees
of significances over the untreated check. The newly introduced insecticides Cutter 112 E.CTM and Triger 5% E.CTM
and Diazinon 60% E.C (standard check. provided the best efficacy percent of onion thrips among the tested
treatments. Botanicals Azadirachta indica leaves extract and Dodonae angustifolia fresh leaf extract were the second
best botanical insecticide over all.