COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITIES OF BIO-PESTICIDE AND CHEMICAL PESTICIDE ON THE GROWTH OF MOMORDICACHARANTIAL. (BITTER GOURD)

Solanum nigrum L., synthetic pesticide, bitter gourd, bio-pesticide Introduction In Pakistan, awareness of injurious effects of chemical pesticides is increasing day by day and there is a sufficient need to apply some alternatives to reduce the use of chemical pesticides that should be environmental as well as friendly for human health. [...]the purpose of present study is to promote the use of biopesticides instead of chemical pesticides on plants and to encounter the efficacy of essential oils against insect pests of bitter gourd. [...]a days pest control strategies largely depend on the use of broad spectrum pesticides in union with the food temptation that generally target adults, bio-pesticides include many types of pest management mediation through chemical, parasitic and predatory alliance and have no harmful effects and produce more positive effects than chemical pesticides in long term and they are biologically degradable (Sarwar, 2015.) First few weeks indicated the slower growth of plant (Fig.2) as the time preceded the length of stem was rapidly increased but flowers were not produced because of the lack of space. [...]of October plants 1 and 2 completely died but plant 3 was died at the beginning of November (table.4) Flowering had not been noticed in any seed.